A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...

An animal ecologist researching large marine animals such as whales and dolphins, Assistant Professor Iwata Takashi of the ...

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a ...

Understanding the “landscape of fear” that predators create in their environments has helped us uncover just how drastically ...

Creating a bioactive habitat with students can give them a window into the natural world while easing the upkeep for class ...

Trees appear passive, but their role in Earth’s ecosystems is defined by competitive advantages and long-term strategy. Different species invest in growth rate, durability, reproduction, and ...

How long would it take for the world's largest rainforest to burn down? If we don't do anything to stop it, we'll soon find out. The Amazon rainforest creates 20% of the Earth's oxygen. It's home to ...

In light of these pressing global ecological challenges, there is a compelling need to develop ecological theories and applied technologies for understanding, managing, and conserving macroecological ...

Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing something totally new to science. The vessel’s lights illuminated a thriving ...

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced 14 gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, the animals were, in some ways, stepping into a new world. After humans hunted wolves to ...

The Arctic char, a red-pink bellied relative of trout and salmon, is a staple food source for millions of people living in the Arctic. But that dynamic is being embrangled by climate change, as the ...