/r/biodiversity/

r/biodiversity

6k members
r/biodiversity is a subreddit with 6k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses biodiversity, plants, conservation, species, and climate.
Biodiversity: the variety of life on Earth at all levels; including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi.

Popular Themes in r/biodiversity

#1
News
: "Human Activities Are Driving an Alarming Rate of Biodiversity Loss"
23 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Tips on building a biodiverse lawn in the PNW?"
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Sign the petition to prevent UK gov't bringing back EU banned, bee killing pesticide"
3 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Check out this clip from my new timelapse art film Wrought, where we celebrate the beauty of decay. Full film in comments!"
2 posts
#5
Solution Requests
: "how can I bring more biodiversity to my UK garden? what's best for pollinators?"
1 post
#6
Ideas
: "[OC] The correlation between fish biodiversity and dams in California. (Made for a school project)"
1 post
#7
Money Talk
: "Pricing Nature: Can ‘Biodiversity Credits’ Propel Global Conservation?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/biodiversity

#1

Biodiversity

: "Human Activities Are Driving an Alarming Rate of Biodiversity Loss"
110 posts
#2

Plants

: "Stressed Plants ‘cry’ — and some animals can probably hear them"
49 posts
#3

Conservation

: "Pricing Nature: Can ‘Biodiversity Credits’ Propel Global Conservation?"
32 posts
#4

Species

: "it doesn't work i need to install chloroplasts in my cells and start photosynthesing, i need to understand how all the endemic Species evolved in my city, i need to be biologically divided, i need to be biodegradated"
23 posts
#5

Climate

: "Climate change now primary driver of biodiversity loss in US"
20 posts
#6

Animals

: "Total Weight of Wild Land Mammals Less Than One-Tenth Weight of All Humans"
20 posts
#7

Wildlife

: "Global Wildlife populations have sunk 69% since 1970 - WWF report"
19 posts
#8

Birds

: "Europe has seen a major decline in biodiversity. Less than half of bird species have a good population status in the EU.🐦Birds are sensitive to the environment & can reflect ecosystem changes."
14 posts
#9

Leather

10 posts
#10

Pollinators

: "6 Easy Ways to Attract Pollinators and Improve Your Harvest"
9 posts

Flair Used in r/biodiversity

#1
Biology & Ecology
: "Insect populations are declining at an unprecedented rate"
26 posts
#2
Good News!
: "They discovered a several new moths and butterflies and a spider that glows under UV."
19 posts
#3
Media
: "Guyana Is Turning an Oil Windfall Into Tourism Gold"
17 posts
#4
Current Events
: "BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of rightwing backlash | BBC"
14 posts
#5
Discussion
: "Human Activities Are Driving an Alarming Rate of Biodiversity Loss"
12 posts
#6
Earth Systems
: "Glaciers are melting faster than ever, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem stability worldwide"
10 posts
#7
Science
: "Biodiversity in Indigenous Homelands"
9 posts
#8
Conservation
: "Europe has seen a major decline in biodiversity. Less than half of bird species have a good population status in the EU.🐦Birds are sensitive to the environment & can reflect ecosystem changes."
9 posts
#9
Politics
: "Trump Administration Cuts Protections for Endangered Prairie Chicken"
8 posts
#10
Other
: "🌍 When roots are cut, rivers dry up"
8 posts

Member Growth in r/biodiversity

Yearly
+3k members(76.9%)

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Last updated: June 22, 2026