Homeowners who have been seeing more rats than usual during quarantine can follow a few simple steps to avoid an infestation.

More than half of the world's aboveground carbon is stored in tropical forests, the degradation of which poses a direct threat to global climate regulation.

A Q&A with Berkeley Lab scientist William Riley on the challenges in estimating methane emissions from wetlands and how nuanced computer models may help.

Research conducted by scientists in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences focused on finding the source of bitter rot disease in fruit.

With the peak of the hurricane season coming up and COVID-19 abundant in many hurricane-prone areas, the United States is poised to experience the collision of two major disasters.

Researchers analysed plastic pollution levels across 22 sites off the coast of Naifaru, the most populous island in the Maldives.

A world-first study examining the scales of management of the Great Barrier Reef has the potential to help sustain other ecosystems across the world.

Key knowledge gaps exist in our understanding of how ocean microplastics transport bacteria and viruses – and whether this affects the health of humans and animals, researchers say.

The tenth named tropical cyclone of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season was named today, Aug. 13, after NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a nighttime image of the storm.

Views from above show the extent of change across Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park.