Send us a link

Subscribe to our newsletter

Tackling Biodiversity Loss to Achieve Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Development

Tackling Biodiversity Loss to Achieve Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Development

Mari Pangestu represented the World Bank at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in September 2021, speaking at a high-level dialogue on Unlocking a Nature-Smart Recovery from the pandemic and also an event recognizing the progress.

The World's Scientific Panel on Biodiversity Needs a Bigger Role

The World's Scientific Panel on Biodiversity Needs a Bigger Role

IPBES, the international panel of leading biodiversity researchers, should be consulted on how best to measure species loss.

Birds Are Dying in the United States and No One Knows Why

Birds Are Dying in the United States and No One Knows Why

There's a new epidemic, this time among birds. An illness is infecting them in the US capital ― and it's spreading. Experts say the cause is unknown.

More Than a Billion Seashore Animals May Have Cooked to Death in B.C. Heat Wave, Says UBC Researcher

More Than a Billion Seashore Animals May Have Cooked to Death in B.C. Heat Wave, Says UBC Researcher

A marine biologist at the University of British Columbia estimates that last week's record-breaking heat wave in B.C. may have killed more than one billion intertidal animals living along the Salish Sea coastline.

Hidden Camera's Hugging Tiger Wins Wildlife Photo Award

Hidden Camera's Hugging Tiger Wins Wildlife Photo Award

A camera-trap image of an Amur tiger takes the grand prize at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020.

Australia Joins US, China and Russia in Refusing to Sign Leaders' Pledge on Biodiversity

Australia Joins US, China and Russia in Refusing to Sign Leaders' Pledge on Biodiversity

Can biodiversity be preserved if the most important countries in the world causing climate change do not sign the pledge?

There Are Wasps in the Yard. You'd Better Get to Know Them.

There Are Wasps in the Yard. You'd Better Get to Know Them.

They buzz. They hover. Sometimes they sting. But how much do you really know about these insects that can menace our summers?

Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine Hippos' Show How Invasive Species Can Restore a Lost World

Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine Hippos' Show How Invasive Species Can Restore a Lost World

Descendants of the drug lord's pets bear similarities to extinct megafauna

Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy

Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy

This New Nature Economy report calls out the dependency and impact of business on nature and aims to ensure that biodiversity and nature-related risks are appropriately considered within the broader economic growth agenda.