On Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, gray wolves are doing something unexpected: hunting sea otters.

Calcifying plankton quietly regulate the Earth’s thermostat by capturing and cycling carbon. 

Step inside a honey bee colony, and you’ll find one of nature’s busiest and most crowded neighborhoods. 

Common dolphins are among the ocean’s most abundant mammals, but they are living shorter lives in the North Atlantic, according to a new study published Oct. 10 in Conservation Letters.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered an important phenomenon beneath the Arctic sea ice that was previously thought impossible. 

Iceland, one of the last places on Earth to be free of mosquitoes, recorded its first sighting this month. 

A group of chemists, microbiologists, and ecologists has developed a molecular probe (a molecule designed to detect e.g. proteins or DNA inside an organism) that glows when a sugar is broken down. 

After more than a year of planning, our team is finally ready to launch a new phase of research. 

A global research effort led by Colorado State University shows that extreme, prolonged drought conditions in grasslands and shrublands would greatly limit the long-term health of crucial ecosystems that cover nearly half the planet.

Scientists say that warming has breached a critical threshold for tropical coral reefs, which are expected to see catastrophic losses in the years ahead.