All animals and plants are important to their environment, but are some more important than others? Every ecosystem consists ...

Habitat destruction has been the most common threat to endangered species in the U.S. since 1975. If the administration ...

Although biologists have studied seasonal processes for centuries, we know surprisingly little about the impacts of shifting ...

Park and forest managers can’t rely on the past any longer to understand future risks. Fires, pests and climate change are ...

An analysis of 900 species over a 20-year period showed that biodiversity enhances ecosystem stability and helps safeguard natural communities in a changing environment.

An innovative new method developed by a Monash University-led research team aims to help conservationists identify more ...

Forests support both birds and ecosystem services like clean water and carbon storage, but wetlands and aridland birds remain ...

Also known as Lignosus rhinocerus, Tiger milk mushroom is a type of medicinal mushroom that has been highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. Its broad spectrum of health ...

Cox says scientists are scrambling to understand the dose at which microplastics start to have noticeable health effects ... wash off clothes and enter the ecosystem through washing machine ...

critical national infrastructure that can underpin the health of the nation." The current data ecosystem includes a large number of legal checks and balances that have been introduced over the ...