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In her new book, UC Santa Cruz biologist Beth Shapiro argues that while gene-editing technology is giving humans remarkable new powers, we have been manipulating other species for as long as we have existed.

As global environmental crises mount, numerous policies have been proposed with an eye toward a more sustainable future. However, such recommendations have often gone unheeded, falling by the wayside for lack of public support.

There's a widespread hypothesis that links the resilience of coral reefs with their remoteness from human activities—the farther away they are from people, the more likely corals are to bounce back from disturbances.

Sticking points on financing, implementation and benefit sharing will need to be resolved in the second session if negotiations in the spring are to succeed...The negotiators have only seven months left until the second and final part of the meeting, and no shortage of disagreements to resolve, p

The demand for minerals—specifically, strategic metals such as cobalt, nickel, copper, and manganese—has been steadily increasing with population growth and changing consumption patterns in the developing world.

Fijian iguanas have been making a home at the San Diego Zoo for more than 50 years. The prince of Tonga gave the zoo six Fiji banded iguanas in 1965, and the first hatchling was born in 1981.

New research explores the work of Yolŋu Indigenous Rangers in North-East Arnhem Land to understand their crucial contribution of Indigenous cultural and natural resource management...For the past 25 years, the Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation (Dhimurru) has contributed to the sustainable

Nature rarely recognises national borders. Many Australian birds, for example, are annual visitors, splitting their time between Southeast Asia, Russia, and Pacific Islands.

Tickled by sunlight, life teems at the ocean surface. Yet the influence of any given microbe, plankton, or fish there extends far beyond this upper layer.

Protected Area Practitioners And Government Stakeholders Of Kiribati Are Now Equipped With The Hands-On, Practical Knowledge Of Finding Relevant Up-To-Date Data, Information Resources And Technical Guidance On Protected And Conserved Area Management. It follows a virtual training on the tool