Researchers at Rice University have uncovered a critical link between rising temperatures and declines in a species’ population, shedding new light on how global warming threatens natural ecosystems. 

New modeling method helped researchers understand why kelp forest returned more slowly in Southern California than in British Columbia.

A century of fire suppression, combined with global warming and drought, has led to increasingly destructive wildfires in the Western United States. 

Crab behavior suggestive of wound-tending may improve coral tolerance to heat waves.

A new study led by the University of South Florida highlights the urgent need to protect marine ecosystems in shallow water near the shore – an area that many beachgoers don’t realize is highly important to fish populations.

In the delicate balancing act between human development and protecting the fragile natural world, sand is weighing down the scales on the human side.

An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England’s rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, largely due to the decline of coal burning and heavy industry, say researchers.

Humanity can farm more food from the seas to help feed the planet while shrinking mariculture’s negative impacts on biodiversity, according to new research led by the University of Michigan.

Treatment plants use a combination of tools to keep toxins and contaminants out of drinking water.

Dark algae are spreading across the Greenland ice sheet as snow retreats.