The tropics contain the overwhelming majority of Earth's biodiversity: their terrestrial,
freshwater and marine ecosystems hold more than three-quarters of all species, including …

Africa, a continent exceptionally rich in biodiversity, is rapidly urbanizing. Africa's
urbanization is manifest in the growth of its megacities as well as that of its smaller towns …

Knowledge on the distribution and abundance of organisms is fundamental to
understanding their roles within ecosystems and their ecological importance for other taxa …

Human-mediated transport beyond biogeographic barriers has led to the introduction and
establishment of alien species in new regions worldwide. However, we lack a global picture …

The global distribution patterns of most vertebrate groups and several plant groups have
been described and analyzed over the past few years, a development facilitated by the …

Newly discovered species are often threatened with extinction but in many cases have
received limited conservation effort. To guide future conservation, it is important to determine …

The rise of informatics has presented new opportunities for analyzing, visualizing, and
interacting with data across the sciences, and biodiversity science is no exception. Recently …

Much of biodiversity remains undiscovered, causing species and their functions to remain
unrealized and potentially lost in ignorance. Here we use extensive species-level data in a …

Ants are one of the most ecologically and numerically dominant group of terrestrial
organisms with most species diversity currently found in tropical climates. Several …

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than half of its …