Because their relative isolation encourages speciation, oceanic islands are hotspots of biodiversity. Yet their relatively small size, atypically defenseless animals and plants, and ecological ...

There are some animals in the world that live only in certain territories. For example, the blue-billed curassow and the Caquetá titi monkey can only be found in Colombia. On the other end of the ...

A study led by Brazilian researchers and reported in an article published on January 11 in the journal Science shows that 82% of the more than 2,000 species of trees found only in the Atlantic ...

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The environment minister’s Forest Advisory Committee has granted “in principle” approval to a hydropower project in a region ...

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Islands have long intrigued explorers and scientists. These isolated environments serve as natural laboratories for understanding how species evolve and adapt. Islands are also centres of species ...

The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at the South Pole. In fact, the Antarctic is the only place on Earth where ...