Many threatened or understudied oak tree species are at risk of extinction in Southeast and East Asia, where more than half of their native range is subject to sharply increasing human pressure.

Almost three-quarters of Asian oak species find themselves without live representations in botanical gardens, putting ...

Non-native species introduced by humans are among the main causes of global species decline -- they were partly responsible for 60 percent of the species that have become extinct worldwide in recent ...

A bright yellow spider the size of a human hand, marked with blue stripes and red patches, is building webs on stoplights, gas station pumps, and power lines across the American Southeast. Native ...

According to the Conservation Gap Analysis of Select Native Asian Oaks, the most commonly reported threat to existing oak habitat in the region is agriculture, including wood and pulp plantations, ...