Researchers at the University of Arizona say there may be at least twice as many vertebrate species as previously recognized.

A new study led by researchers at the University of Arizona suggests that for every recognized vertebrate species, there are, on average, two ...

Accelerating global change continues to threaten Earth’s vast biodiversity, including in the oceans, which remain largely unexplored. To date, only a small fraction of an estimated two million total ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Oceanic islands host 50 percent of the world’s endangered species, but human activities can greatly disturb these isolated ecosystems. The number ...

The deep ocean off southern California has historically been a dumping ground for the pesticide DDT and other industrial wastes. Scripps Institution of Oceanography and collaborators are investigating ...

There may be twice as many vertebrates on the planet as previous estimates claimed, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. That's ...

The UK’s Natural Environment Research Council contributed to the funding of this study. Lee Brown receives funding from NERC, Royal Geographical Society, EU Martin Wilkes does not work for, consult, ...