"We need more research, and our review points to directions to this end -- but we also need to conserve habitats now and implement other conservation interventions to maintain tropical biodiversity." ...

The tropics are celebrated as hotspots of biological ... the focus is on their relationship and inseparability. This view nudges conservation science away from metrics that are defined as ...

The results were published 10 January in Science. Understanding how different aspects of tropical forests are ... for identifying priority habitats for conservation and restoration.

Light gaps reveal breaks in tropical forest canopies where trees ... Of relevance to biological conservation, most contemporary studies of habitat patchiness emphasize patterns and outcomes ...

Australian scientists at Griffith University have announced the groundbreaking discovery of extensive, previously unknown ...

How one project in Indonesia introduced a pay-to-release scheme that encourages fishers to save shark and ray bycatch.

Scientists believe they have found a way to improve warning systems for vulnerable communities threatened by humid heatwaves, which are on the rise due to climate change and can be damaging and even ...

In conservation science, where interventions often affect both ecosystems and human communities, assumptions can lead to ineffective, even harmful, strategies. Systematic evidence helps replace ...

"We need more research, and our review points to directions to this end—but we also need to conserve habitats now and implement other conservation interventions to maintain tropical biodiversity." ...