Frequent heat and drought events in southwestern Europe are reducing ecosystems' capacity to absorb CO₂, according to a recent study by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the ...

Within these nine realms are 21 smaller distinct regions. Biogeographic realms are large, geographically distinct regions of the Earth's surface that share broadly similar biological histories ...

The Coral Triangle encompasses portions of 2 biogeographic regions: the Indonesian-Philippines Region, and the Far Southwestern Pacific Region. 76% (605) of the world’s coral species (798) are found ...

Twenty-five percent of the plant and bird species living in this region are endemic, meaning they are found nowhere else on earth. The region also, however, has the country’s highest poverty ...

The downgrading of wolves’ protection status is a win for the European People’s Party but was condemned by green groups.