Spacecraft provides near-real-time measurements of soil moisture to aid in weather forecasting.

Two common species of small mammals are not significantly disturbed by industrial activity near their homes, according to a new study by University of Alberta scientists.

Scientists now know that for Earth to stay within the temperature increase limit set by the Paris Agreement, negative emission technologies (NET), which remove and permanently sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, are essential.

For the colorful, graceful sea fans swaying among the coral reefs in the waters around Puerto Rico, the metal copper is an emerging threat in an era of warming oceans.

Repairing and reusing plastics and delivering cancer drugs more effectively are only two of many of the potential applications a new 3D/4D printing technology might have, thanks to the pioneering work of a research collaboration between UNSW Sydney and The University of Auckland.

The discovery of gases released from deep beneath the Earth’s crust could help to explain Southern Africa’s unusual landscape, a study suggests.

For the little brown bat – a small mouse-eared bat with glossy brown fur – a warm, dry place to roost is essential to the species’ survival.

Walking on Caltech's campus, research engineer Chris Roh (MS '13, PhD '17) happened to see a bee stuck in the water of Millikan Pond.

On a typical June day in Yellowstone, it’s not unusual to see hundreds of bison grazing in the Lamar Valley.

The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has reached its highest level in 11 years, according to new satellite data.