Biodiversity underlies ecosystem resilience, ecosystem function, sustainable economies,
and human well‐being. Understanding how biodiversity sustains ecosystems under …

The ongoing degradation of natural systems and other environmental changes has put our
society at a crossroad with respect to our future relationship with our planet. While the …

November 2020 marked 2 y since the launch of the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), which
aims to sequence all known eukaryotic species in a 10-y timeframe. Since then, significant …

The field of plant genome sequencing has grown rapidly in the past 20 years, leading to
increases in the quantity and quality of publicly available genomic resources. The growing …

Globally, 15,521 animal species are listed as threatened by the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature, and of these less than 3% have genomic resources that can inform …

The ethics of the scientific study of Ancestors has long been debated by archaeologists,
bioanthropologists, and, more recently, ancient DNA (aDNA) researchers. This article …

Indigenous Peoples' right to sovereignty forms the foundation for advocacy and actions
toward greater Indigenous self-determination and control across a range of domains that …

Genomics encompasses the entire tree of life, both extinct and extant, and the evolutionary
processes that shape this diversity. To date, genomic research has focused on humans, a …

Genetic diversity within species represents a fundamental yet underappreciated level of
biodiversity. Because genetic diversity can indicate species resilience to changing climate …

A genomic database of all Earth's eukaryotic species could contribute to many scientific
discoveries; however, only a tiny fraction of species have genomic information available. In …