In the United States, armadillos were historically confined to Texas and the Deep South, but in recent years the hard-shelled mammals have been pushing north.

Assessing the functional structure of plant communities and their productivity helps to determine the contribution of biological diversity and primary productivity to ecosystem services, the most significant of which are provisioning and regulating services.

Worsening climate conditions are expected to threaten water supplies in the Mediterranean region and its agricultural systems, which rely extensively on irrigation.

Britain’s new polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, departs the UK this week for its maiden voyage to Antarctica.

Northern Hemisphere saw record-warm October land temperature

New study: Ocean temperature patterns drive the West’s wintertime storm tracks

The Sahel extends south of the Sahara from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east of Africa.

A new electrocatalyst called a-CuTi@Cu converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into liquid fuels. 

Water is essential for all of Earth's ecosystems and the food systems they support.

The most pristine parts of the Amazon rainforest devoid of direct human contact are being impacted by human-induced climate change, according to new research by LSU scientists.