The largest biodiversity time-series database on the planet—created by the University of St Andrews—has had a major new release. The BioTIME database offers unprecedented insight into how biodiversity ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health ...

May 22, 2025 — An analysis of 900 species over a 20-year period showed that biodiversity enhances ecosystem stability and helps safeguard natural communities in a changing ... Ox-Eye Daisy ...

The convergence of perspectives and expertise served one collective mission: to safeguard South Africa’s rich and fragile ...

Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K. His focus is reporting on nature and science. He covers climate change, biodiversity, extreme weather, zoonotic diseases and more.

More information: Chase D. Brownstein et al, Phylogenomics establishes an Early Miocene reconstruction of reef vertebrate diversity, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu6149 ...

Yet, hidden behind the scenes is a world of science—one that is quietly battling against the loss of biodiversity. In the shadow of extinction crises, habitat destruction, and climate change ...