The bubonic plague, which swept across Europe between 1347 and 1353, is estimated to have killed up to one half of the ...

The sudden loss of nearly half of Europe’s population between 1347 and 1353 due to the bubonic plague surprisingly led to a ...

New study finds that plant biodiversity collapsed in landscapes where arable production was abandoned during and after the ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Rapid urbanization in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, has led to changes in bird behavior, with urban birds showing increased tolerance toward humans. The urban sprawl has caused habitat loss, with the ...

Although humans are to blame for nature's recent decline, a new study shows that for millennia, European farming practices drove biodiversity gains, not losses. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

A Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science has been awarded to Dr Gergana Daskalova. The fellowship funds Daskalova’s research project “Biodiversity change amidst disappearing human traditions and ...

University of York researchers suggest that the Black Death may have caused a 150-year decline in biodiversity.

Global environmental degradation and biodiversity loss: implications for human health / Eric Chivian -- Earthly dominion: population growth, biodiversity, and health / Robert Engelman -- Biodiversity ...