This chart shows the countries home to the largest shares of the world's animal and plant species (in percent).

Mexico's Gulf of California — one of the most biodiverse places on the planet — teems with 891 species of fish and a third of the world's cetacean species, including the smallest and most endangered ...

CANCUN, Mexico— Conservation groups have sued the Mexican government over its plan to build a “Maya train” through one of Mexico’s most biodiverse forests. This controversial tourist train — one of ...

Explore the significance of Africa's Miombo Forest, a vast, biodiverse region critical to the planet's ecological health.