The protection of Australia’s threatened species could be improved by a factor of seven, if more efficient ‘umbrella’ species were prioritised for protection, according to University of Queensland research.

It’s no secret that many insects are struggling worldwide. 

A new study in Nature Climate Change has found that, left unchecked, the combined effects of deforestation and human-induced climate change could eliminate Madagascar’s entire eastern rainforest habitat by 2070, impacting thousands of plants, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that are endemic to the island nation. 

Northern China, a hotspot of air pollution, has always been an area of great interest to study owing to the significant impacts on human health, the climate and ecosystems.

The newly reported genome sequence of a water lily sheds light on the early evolution of angiosperms, the group of all flowering plants.

Not all pine trees are created equal when it comes to fending off their mortal enemy, the mountain pine beetle.

First detected with sound, new study monitors zooplankton movement with light

Searched for and found: climate researchers can now detect the fingerprint of global warming in daily weather observations at the global scale.

Plate tectonics and mantle plumes set the lifespan of volcanic islands like Hawaii and the Galapagos.

The rare type of freshwater bog shares space with red wolves and bomb targets on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula in North Carolina.