The number of endemic plant species (those found nowhere else) per square mile on Socotra and three small outlying islands is the fourth highest of any island group on Earth—after Seychelles ...

Of the 43 species whose average body weight exceeded 500 grams, or 1.1 pounds, three-quarters were endemic to an island. The decade of the 1890s saw the highest number of extinctions, with 21 ...

The property has great importance for biodiversity conservation with at least 76 vascular plant species endemic to Madeira occurring in the property, together with a high number of endemic ...

76% (605) of the world’s coral species (798) are found in the Coral Triangle, the highest coral diversity in the world ... The Coral Triangle has 15 regionally endemic coral species (species found ...

A significant number of endemic species or subspecies of plants and animals have evolved in a very limited area. The diversity of landscapes and biota and the high number of threatened and endemic ...