After the island of Madagascar drifted away from India 88 million years ago, isolating it from all other landmasses, its ...

Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: ...

Since last year, the Sky Island Alliance has been chopping down stalks of the invasive Arundo donax in Tucson to protect ...

This tally of animals’ effect on Earth’s geology, equivalent to that of thousands of extreme floods, most likely is an ...

The secluded wetlands of the Ausable Marsh offer a short hike for birders, nature lovers and anglers to enjoy.

Captive-bred salamander can survive in the wild, and old fynbos seeds will germinate, sowing science’s hope for habitat ...

June 7, 2025 — Humpback whales have been observed blowing bubble rings during friendly interactions with humans a behavior never before documented. This surprising display may be more than play ...

May 20, 2025 — A novel analysis suggests more than 3,500 animal species are threatened ... that over a quarter of the world's naturalized plant species are threatened in parts of their native ...

From root to flower, dandelions are highly nutritious plants loaded with vitamins ... may help decrease blood sugar levels. Test-tube and animal studies, such as this one from 2018, show that ...