Species across the planet are vanishing at astonishing rates. Insects, reptiles, fish and mammals — the abundance of life on Earth, from the depths of the ocean to high mountain peaks, is in freefall.

Wildlife populations have declined by more than 70% in the last 50 years. This is the biodiversity crisis — and it's plunging Earth into a new mass extinction.

Michigan State University ecologists are betting on data-driven solutions to save species.

Huge amounts of environmental data, from temperature readings, to satellite images, to digitized museum records, are being gathered, shared and analyzed faster than ever before.