News Headline
World Biodiversity Day: Ever more imporant amid COVID-19 pandemic
Source
Down to Earth
Publication Date
2021-05-22
Biodiversity, or biological diversity, means the variety of living beings on Earth. The number of species on our planet are variously estimated between 8 million and 15 million, including plants, animals, fungi, bacteria and other forms of life. Only around 2 million, however, are identified and recorded by scientists.