This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you stories of women in the fields of nature and conservation. When I ...

Conservation biology is growing rapidly and ever increasing in importance in response to the biodiversity crisis — perhaps the most critical environmental issue of our time. Conservation biologists ...

Conservation biology is the application of science to conserve the earth's imperiled species and ecosystems. The field is growing rapidly and ever increasing in importance in response to the ...

Ch. 1. What is conservation biology? -- Ch. 2. Global biodiversity : patterns and processes -- Ch. 3. Threats to biodiversity -- Ch. 4. Conservation values and ethics -- Ch. 5. Ecological economics ...

During a week in mid-February, Ana Spalding, Cinda Scott and Felipe Baker visited four island communities in the buffer zone of the Isla Bastimentos National Park in the Bocas del Toro archipelago, as ...

The vaquita, the world’s most endangered marine mammal, has edged closer to extinction. There are no more than around 10 of the small porpoises still alive, a committee of conservation scientists ...

A new study of major U.S.-based online retailers of marine fish bound for aquariums found that nearly 90% of traded species are sourced exclusively from the wild, including a number of threatened ...

Many things pose threats to the oceans, and most, if not all, are caused by human activities. Eighty percent of marine pollution comes from land-based activities, causing rapid changes to entire ...

You’ll find a strong emphasis on the biology of organisms and ecosystems along with the application of modern scientific approaches to environmental problems and their connections to human activities ...

A new study published in Conservation Biology examines the behavior and distribution of queen conch (Aliger gigas) to guide conservation management for the threatened sea snail. A research team led by ...