New research shows artificial intelligence can accelerate species discovery, improve ecosystem tracking and help meet global conservation targets.

Termites — infamous for their ability to destroy wood — are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly replanted. 

After examining 22,000 years of rainfall patterns, Rutgers researchers warn that climate conditions may reduce fish stock.

The world’s oceans are heating faster in two bands stretching around the globe and New Zealand is in one of them, according to new research led by climate scientist Dr Kevin Trenberth.

Satellites orbiting Earth offer great potential to better understand the world’s reefs over time beyond the sites visited by researchers, The University of Queensland research has found.

Marine plastic pollution is a global crisis, with 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every year. 

Like farmland in Australia, native forests struggle with drought and flooding, so future management decisions need more sophisticated systems to monitor and manage their water needs.

Once thought resistant to invasion, regional deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan mustard. 

Lake Okeechobee, Florida’s largest freshwater lake, plays a vital role in the state’s ecosystem and water management.

In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have used data from a 120-year-old program managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to quantify the effects of introduced species.