This week, along with the rest of the nation, we mourn the passing of our 41st president, George H.W. Bush, on November 30, 2018.

Environmental damage caused by human activity can reduce the number of plant and animal species dramatically. 

Encouraging people to change their behavior through social marketing campaigns can help the recovery of threatened wildlife populations.

Fires that contribute to deforestation spiked six-fold in Colombia in the year after an historic 2016 peace agreement ended decades of conflict between FARC guerrilla and government forces, according to a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

At a special ceremony today, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will strengthen the country’s commitment to managing its freshwater resources in a time of rapid climate change.

A nautical chart is a map of the sea. Just as a map helps us navigate on land, a nautical chart helps those traveling on the ocean get where they’re going safely and efficiently.

Study is the first to quantify the uptake of nanoparticles at predicted environmentally relevant conditions.

New UMD-led research highlights the need for better regulation and pollution management strategies.

New research by the University has found that prescribed burning, a controversial technique where fires are intentionally used to manage vegetation, is not as damaging to peat growth as previously thought if carried out on a sensible rotation, and can produce several positive outcomes. 

Scientists studying the digestive system of a curious wood-eating crustacean have discovered it may hold the key to sustainably converting wood into biofuel.