Under a tent, Neil McQueen sat at a table and showed a mother and her children about plastics found at Coastal Bend beaches and in waters. The pollution products included plastic bottles, empty sand ...

Editor’s note: On April 17th 2025 Dr Madhusudhan and colleagues reported that new observations of K2-18 b (made with a different instrument from that which they used previously) showed significantly ...

The flat-tailed, dam-building beaver is more than just a buck-toothed furry face. They are a keystone species that help fight drought and climate change. Beaver dams keep the landscape wet, even ...

Edge effects are the changes in biodiversity that occur inside the space surrounding the shared edge of two or more distinct ecosystems. This transitional zone rich in biodiversity is known as the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — To survive on other planets, water is, of course, critical. We need it to drink, sustain crops and even create rocket fuel. But on spaceflights, checked luggage is exorbitantly ...

A recent study in the journal Nature Climate Change found that severe increases in aridity caused by climate change is drying out frog habitats across the globe. In fact, unless humans significantly ...

From cork-lined walls to algae-tinted windows, the future of living and working in outer space looks less like a weightless tin can and more like a comfy cruise ship. These living quarters promise ...

Rapid growth of elephant and human population, struggling to share limited resources and land. Farmers are encroaching on elephants habitats, disrupting their water and food resources.

Fun fact: Did you know lions are the only known cat species to roar together? In their "prides," or groups, lions will roar to mark their territory, according to the World Wildlife Fund. These big ...

This ecosystem by many names—bogs, swamps, bayous, marshes, billabongs, fens, vernal pools, lagoons and other waterlogged fields and forests all fall under the broad wetland category. If water, salty ...

Note: This story was updated to include information about where people can document how wildlife are responding to the wildfires. People weren’t the only ones fleeing fast-moving flames and hot embers ...