How can birds that weigh less than a AA battery survive the immense power of Atlantic hurricanes?

New technology gives unprecedented views of hurricane.

The world’s great oceans are known to most people. Less well known is the seabed, and the fact that sediments are continually being deposited there.

UNSW Sydney engineers are developing new satellite technology that can be used to determine the state of the seas as well as a number of other useful applications.

Satellites detecting how green the ground cover of plants is may show indications of plant death in the Arctic.

Rising global temperatures are impacting the ability of grassland birds to mate, forcing some males to choose between high-energy mating displays or seeking shelter and saving energy to protect themselves from the heat, according to new research published in the journal PLOS ONE.

The sea lions stop bellowing and slip, one by one, off the jetty into the mocha-brown water of the Fraser River, near Vancouver, British Columbia.

Corn, soybean, and cotton farmers shudder at the thought of Palmer amaranth invading their fields.

Animals around the globe face rising extinction rates, but there is often a lack of data about the causes of population declines, as well as ecological and biological considerations for conservation.

How do humans affect forest fires? And what can we learn from forest fires in the past for the future of forestry?