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Big surprise in the greenhouse: study finds economic costs of climate change hugely underestimated

Bottom trawling reduces size of commercially important flatfish

New report connects human health to biodiversity protection

Protected areas receive 8 billion visits a year, but still underfunded

Pollinator collapse could lead to a rise in malnutrition

Economic models for forests often neglect value of biodiversity

How termites hold back the desert

Ecosystem services pioneer wins $1M award

Accounting for natural capital on financial exchanges

Tropical deforestation could disrupt rainfall globally

Forests could be a thrifty way to fight ozone pollution

Pollinators puzzle to find flowers amidst natural and human fumes

Initiative to restore 50M acres of degraded Latin American ecosystems by 2020

New survey finds surprisingly large population of endangered owl

Facing severe drought, ‘war effort’ needed to save the Amazon, says scientist

Pesticides harm bumblebees’ ability to forage

Amazon rainforest is getting drier, confirms another study

Saving the Atlantic Forest would cost less than ‘Titanic’

Planting meadows in the ocean: technique may help restore disappearing seagrass beds

It’s not just extinction: meet defaunation

Too much of a good thing: fertilizer ‘one of the three major drivers of biodiversity loss this century’

Next big idea in forest conservation? Playing games to understand what drives deforestation

Mountain forests store 40 percent more carbon than expected

New study finds environmental damage globally may cost more than U.S. GDP

Next big idea in forest conservation? Making community protection economically viable

Next big idea in forest conservation? Linking public health and environmental degradation

Seeing the Forest for the Trees: How ‘One Health’ Connects Humans, Animals, and Ecosystems

Next big idea in forest conservation? Connecting deforestation to disease

Chile turns to owls to combat fatal disease

Next big idea in forest conservation? Quantifying the cost of forest degradation

Deforestation makes Indonesia hotter, reduces quality of life

Ecotourism pays: study finds lower poverty where nature-based tourism is prevalent

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