After an extensive multi-year study, researchers have some surprising insight into the critical role the Atlantic Ocean plays in regulating the Earth’s climate.

From the air, the last gasp of the Colorado River is sudden and dramatic. 

Stress is known as the “killer disease” and in humans it can lead to an increased risk of terminal issues such as heart attack or stroke. 

A young squirrel lucky enough to take over territory from an adult male squirrel is like a teenager falling into a big inheritance, according to a new University of Guelph study.

Newly discovered fossilized tracks suggest multicellular life could be 1.5 billion years older than previously thought, according to a new international study that included scientists at the University of Alberta.

Marine scientists from the University of Queensland, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other groups have developed a methodology to assess fish stocks that combines new data with archeological and historical records – some dating back to the 8th Century AD.

A new study has documented unexpected consequences following the decline of great white sharks from an area off South Africa.

Sea-level rise, sediment starvation and other environmental woes pose increasing threats to coastal wetlands worldwide. 

The effects of climate change are especially obvious in arid environments where resources are scarce and subject to seasonal availability. 

Recovery of vegetation on plugged and abandoned oil and gas well sites on the Colorado Plateau is influenced by time, moisture, nonnative plants and the type of plant community that was originally in place before well sites were constructed, according to a recently published study by the U.S. Geological Survey.