Biological diversity, often shortened to biodiversity, is the variation of life at all levels of biological organization, referring not only to the sum total of life forms across an area, but also to ...

Life has existed on Earth for over 3.5 billion years ... we be concerned about current extinction rates and conserving biodiversity? Why should we be concerned about this loss of biodiversity?

If the numbers of zooplankton are reduced by pollution, such as plastic waste, then more algae will grow and the population of other consumers will fall. We are slowly realising that the future of ...

Intriguingly, the study also reveals that moderate levels of exotic species invasion may help maintain high biodiversity within ecosystems. This suggests that exotic species invasions could be ...

More information: Michael W. Belitz et al, A case for assemblage-level conservation to address the biodiversity crisis, ...