New research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals significant recent shifts in tree diversity among the tropical forests of the Andes and Amazon, driven by global change.

A veteran environmental researcher at uOttawa, he has spent over three decades uncovering the quiet stories told by lakebeds and chemical fingerprints of human activity.

Monarch butterflies have always been remarkably resilient.

It started in the summer of 2013. Sea stars were dying in huge numbers in Washington State’s Olympic National Park: They became covered in white lesions.

Flowers emit scented chemicals to attract pollinators, but this perfume — and how pollinators interact with the plant — can go through profound changes as a crop becomes domesticated.

Tropical forests can recover twice as quickly after deforestation if they have adequate soil nitrogen, according to new research published today.

While there have been occasional positive developments and a slowdown in biodiversity loss since the turn of the millennium, the overall state of biodiversity in Switzerland remains inadequate.

The Rhode Island aquaculture industry is more robust than ever. The value of aquaculture products was $8,795,493 in 2024 and 89 active aquaculture farms covered 392.5 acres, according to a report by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council.

In an ecosystem that’s losing much of its biodiversity, mosquitoes might be shifting to a new food source.

For the first time, a study from researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego integrates climate-related damages to the ocean into the social cost of carbon— a measure of economic harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions.