The 1.5-million-ton behemoth was on the loose.

The health of aquatic ecosystems depends on the supply of key nutrients, especially phosphorus. 

“Shell-crushing” – exactly what it sounds like – is a predatory mode used by numerous marine life from crabs to octopuses to large fishes and mammals when they eat hard-shelled mollusks like clams, oysters and conchs.

Scientists have developed a new technique for remotely surveying elephants and other wildlife that is quicker and has the same accuracy as human counts done on the ground or in low-flying airplanes.

One of the oldest rivers in the world is famous for its extreme sports and hunting.

Scientists with NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission are probing deep below the island’s warming coastal waters to help us better predict the rising seas of the future.

Study assesses where bird species would exist.

In a study of local rivers, experts at the University of Nottingham have discovered more invertebrates – animals without a backbone, such as insects and snails - living on litter than on rocks.

Humans have unleashed an avalanche of changes on landscapes, writes Robert Scheller in a new book.

In mid-January 2021, the Pacific Northwest of North America was soaked by several episodes of heavy rainfall, leading to widespread flooding and landslides.