Biodiversity

The Arctic facility is the world's largest safeguard for seeds—and fertile ground for critics and conspiracy theories.

Researchers exploring the country's threatened coastal habitats discovered 'staggering' biodiversity.

In Ecuador, Satanas the tarantula—named for his feisty attitude—became both teacher and friend to researchers.

A red velvet worm, jeweled corpse flower, and other rare species were found while retracing the route of the bloody 1911-12 Abor Expedition.

The project aims to make a complete 'bee atlas,' detailing every single local pollinator.

For these researchers in Southern Africa, tagging the apex predators starts with putting them in trancelike tonic immobility.

Eoghan Daltun has spent 14 years creating a showcase of native biodiversity.

At the Moriyama City Firefly Forest Museum, nurturing Genji fireflies comes with homework.

In Washington State, a new preservation facility offers a back-up plan for an uncertain future.

They often get a bad rap, but bacteria prevent erosion, undergird ecosystems, and make artificial snow.

In Arizona, the country’s most diverse desert teems with kaleidoscopic spring flowers, charming desert tortoises, and the famous saguaro cactus.

For centuries, hundreds of shrines have preserved crucial information about the marine mammals' diversity and distribution.

The country’s karst terrain is fertile ground for massive caves, and a new-found hype for adventure. 

Farmers and foragers set up at sunset to sell hundreds of species valued in traditional medicine and ritual.

Born from tragedy, the remote national park is bringing tourism and other changes.