A groundbreaking new study provides a comprehensive, review of Species of Greatest Conservation Need as designated in the last round of State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs), and offers actionable recommendations for enhancing these efforts in the next SWAP revisions due to be completed over the next couple of years.
A new study reveals that despite vast holdings of federal lands in the Western United States, the majority of migratory habitat for Western Monarchs lies on private lands, highlighting the need for a collaborative conservation approach.
This study highlights the critical need to include more pollinating insects in State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs), which serve as blueprints for conserving our nation's fish and wildlife and preventing endangered species.
NatureServe and Canadian ecologists completed a summary of the diversity of Canada’s temperate grasslands, using the Canadian National Vegetation Classification.
This study of our native and underappreciated Crabgrass formally declared a species previously found in New Hampshire as extinct, described a new species from Mexico, and highlighted the conservation needs of other species.
A new species, Juncus snowii, is described from Georgia, distinguished by its annual life cycle, small size, and unique habitat; its conservation status is assessed as Critically Imperiled (G1).
Explore the transformative journey of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) over the past two decades, uncovering lessons learned, global impact, and key prerequisites that position it as a model for biodiversity monitoring initiatives worldwide.
Researchers propose a practical tool for evaluating seagrass health in the Gulf of Mexico, which would establish a foundation for assessing trends across the gulf.
Scientists from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Sapienza University of Rome, NatureServe, and other institutions developed a workflow to identify species currently listed as Data Deficient that now likely have sufficient data to be reassigned to a Red List category that reflects their extinction risk.
NatureServe botanist Amanda Eberly and Dr. Robert Naczi of New York Botanical Gardens published a new species of beak sedge, named Rhynchospora mesoatlantica and commonly referred to as the Mid-Atlantic Beaksedge in recognition of the region where all occurrences are found.