In California, the state with more building destruction by wildfire than all of the other states combined, new research by a U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service scientist and University of Wisconsin-Madison partners found something surprising. 

QUT researchers have come up with a new, safe way to clean up oil spills using compounds equally useful as common household cleaning products.

As scientists observe the force of nature through a satellite weather tracker, they only see the day’s events.

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) announces the publication of a new report, “Impacts to Wildlife of Wind Energy Siting and Operation in the United States,” in ESA’s Issues in Ecology publication.

If you were alive in 1970, more than 1 in 4 birds in the U.S. and Canada have disappeared within your lifetime.

There is no clear link between cancer incidence and locally produced food from an area with a history of glass manufacture with contaminated soil, according to a new study from, among others, Linköping University.

The population of threatened southern sea otters in Elkhorn Slough, an estuary in Central California, has made a significant comeback as a result of Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sea Otter Program. 

Once winter nights dip below freezing and the days warm up above freezing sap begins to flow in sugar maples marking the start of the syrup season. 

Capturing the full scale of the fires requires cooperation between scientists and on-the-ground reporters, professor Matthew Hayek explains.

Researchers produced forecasts that show combined impact of heat and humidity will markedly increase in many areas.