When you think of national parks, you might picture the vast plateaus of the Grand Canyon, the intricate wetlands of the Everglades or the inspiring viewscapes of the Grand Tetons. 

North Carolina State University researchers have developed the first portable technology that can test for cyanotoxins in water. 

Nature, said Ralph Waldo Emerson, is no spendthrift. Unfortunately, he was wrong.

Humans began cultivating crops about 12,000 years ago. Ants have been at it rather longer. 

Auburn University researchers have published a new hypothesis that could provide the foundation for new scientific studies looking into the association of habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases.

There are many mysteries in the Amazon.

Increased solar radiation penetrating through the damaged ozone layer is interacting with the changing climate, and the consequences are rippling through the Earth’s natural systems, effecting everything from weather to the health and abundance of sea mammals like seals and penguins.

Pity the salamanders.

Scientists are usually pictured on screen as sober and humorless types, pre-occupied with numbers and empty facts

Harmful algal blooms can cause big problems in coastal areas and lakes across the United States.