Beer stein-shaped distant relative of modern clams captured snapshots of hot days in the late cretaceous.

Changes to the vegetation cover of land surfaces constitutes the biggest cause of increasing carbon dioxide emissions after the use of fossil fuels.

As extreme weather increases, scientists from 20 countries warn of risk to lakes and water quality.

Scientists dust off historical accounts to tackle a long-standing Arctic mystery.

In a new study, researchers show that abrupt thaw could increase emissions by 40 percent.

With outbreaks of infectious diseases making headlines around the world, scientists are under pressure to understand the drivers that influence the transmission of pathogens in order to better predict and control disease outbreaks.

Climate change could threaten the survival and development of common whelk – a type of sea snail – in the mid-Atlantic region, according to a study led by scientists at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.

Birds alighting on driveways and baby bunnies munching on lawn grass should keep something in mind: Beware the house cat.

More information about the effects human activities have on Southeast Asian coral reefs has been revealed, with researchers looking at how large-scale global pressures, combined with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern, can detrimentally impact these delicate marine ecosystems.

The ability of crocodiles to survive mass extinctions could be in part due to their more hands-on approach to parenting, say scientists at the University of Bath’s Milner Centre for Evolution.