
The Gourmet Mushroom That Escaped the Kitchen and Is Rewriting North America's Forests
Golden oyster mushrooms were a trendy home-grow project. Now they're an invasive species in 25 states, halving native fungal diversity wherever they land.

Golden oyster mushrooms were a trendy home-grow project. Now they're an invasive species in 25 states, halving native fungal diversity wherever they land.

Twenty-four new species and an entirely new superfamily of amphipods found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone reveal how little we know about the ocean floor, right as mining companies move in.

A study of more than 2,000 species reveals that tropical insects lack the protein architecture to adapt to rising temperatures, threatening entire ecosystems.

We're discovering over 16,000 new species per year, even as biodiversity collapses. This paradox reveals both our growing power to see the natural world and how much remains hidden.

Scientists identify more than 16,000 species new to science annually, revealing that our catalog of life on Earth remains dramatically incomplete.

Scientists are documenting over 16,000 new species per year, more than any previous era in history. We're finding life faster than we ever have, even as we're losing it.