Big, time-scaled phylogenies are fundamental to connecting evolutionary processes to
modern biodiversity patterns. Yet inferring reliable phylogenetic trees for thousands of …

Insect declines are being reported worldwide for flying, ground, and aquatic lineages. Most
reports come from western and northern Europe, where the insect fauna is well-studied and …

Recent reports of local extinctions of arthropod species, and of massive declines in
arthropod biomass, point to land-use intensification as a major driver of decreasing …

Anthropogenic pressures are driving insect declines across the world. Although protected
areas (PAs) play a prominent role in safeguarding many vertebrate species from human …

The global‐scale decline of animal biodiversity ('defaunation') represents one of the most
alarming consequences of human impacts on the planet. The quantification of this extinction …

Agricultural pesticide use and its associated environmental harms is widespread throughout
the world. Efforts to mitigate this harm have largely focused on reducing pesticide …

The SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 illness are driving a global crisis. Governments have
responded by restricting human movement, which has reduced economic activity. These …

Species extinctions have defined the global biodiversity crisis, but extinction begins with loss
in abundance of individuals that can result in compositional and functional changes of …

The acute decline in global biodiversity includes not only the loss of rare species, but also
the rapid collapse of common species across many different taxa. The loss of pollinating …

Abstract Protected Areas (PAs) are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. Here, we
collated distributional data for> 14,000 (~ 70% of) species of amphibians and reptiles …