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The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation mourns the loss of Ricardo Guta (1991 – 2022) who passed away in December.  Ricardo, a native Mozambican, was named the inaugural “Half-Earth Scholar” in 2020 by the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, and was a recent M.Sc. graduate in Conservation Biology at the University of Cape Town studying the phylogeography of flightless spring katydids in the

 Originally published Dec 21, 2022 in Google Earth and Earth Engine Editor’s note: Today’s post was co-authored by Tamara Rudic, Communications Specialist; Alex Killion, Managing Director; and Walter Jetz, Director, Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change We are running out of time to conserve the world’s biodiversity — but the gig is not up yet. Ambitious conservation target

Originally published Dec 23, 2022 By Katy Daigle and Julia Janicki Nature is in crisis, and it’s only getting worse. As species vanish at a rate not seen in 10 million years, more than 1 million species are currently on the brink. Humans are driving this extinction crisis through activities that take over animal habitats, pollute nature and fuel global warming, scientists say. A new global d