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It is widely accepted that the continuation of this lifestyle largely depends on the sustainable use of consumed and destroyed natural resources. Therefore, teaching biodiversity becomes an important element of science teaching. In this context, it is important to reveal the biodiversity literacy levels of the new generation. This study aims to investigate secondary school students’ biodiversity literacy levels. The descriptive survey method, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the research. A total of 787 secondary school students studying at state schools during 2021-2022 academic year participated in the research. “Biodiversity Literacy Assessment Instrument” was used as a data collection tool in the study. Independent t-test was used to compare gender scores while one-way ANOVA was used to compare student scores based on their grades, students’ feelings about studying biodiversity, and understanding problems related to biodiversity. Tukey HSD test was used to determine the direction of significance in multiple comparisons. The findings revealed that while secondary school students’ scores for attitudes toward biodiversity were high, their biodiversity knowledge levels were low. Also, female students gained higher scores for “the conservation and importance of biodiversity”, “ethics and biodiversity” and “sustainability and biodiversity” sub-dimensions of biodiversity literacy scale in comparison to male students. Additionally, the study found that participant students’ biodiversity  \nliteracy scale scores differed based on students’ years of study. The study has implications for teaching biodiversity that include activities to help students take responsibility for the protection of biodiversity and the place of biodiversity in the national curriculum.  \nKeywords: biodiversity literacy, environmental issues, science education, secondary school students  \nA. Introduction  \nBiodiversity is defined as the diversity of life on earth, including plants, animals, fungi and micro-organisms, and the habitats in which these life forms live (Cardinale et al., 2012) . In recent years, the world has focused on studies for the protection of biodiversity (European Commission, 2020) . Because biodiversity is the source of basic human needs, from clean food to drinkable water and clean air. However, it is reported that biodiversity is decreasing day by day due to unsustainable human activities (WWF, 2020) . Leakey (1996) claims that the rate of species extinction today exceeds the extinction rate that occurred after the meteor impact that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which monitors the amount of 21,000 vertebrate populations around the world, revealed in its 2020 report that there was an average of 68% decrease in monitored mammal, bird, amphibian, reptile, and fish populations from 1970 to 2016 (WWF, 2020) . According to the report, freshwater biodiversity is declining much faster than the biodiversity in our seas or forests. In addition, the report emphasizes that since 1700, approximately 90% of global wetlands have been lost, millions of kilometres of rivers have changed, and because of these changes, freshwater biodiversity has been deeply affected, and there has been a sharp decline in the population trends of freshwater spe","cbCain1uNd4RzfnG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCain1uNd4RzfnG","pdf",346133,18,"English","# A. 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