The clearing and subsequent instability of Amazonian forests are among the greatest threats to tropical biodiversity conservation today.

A new Duke University-led study finds that the death of marsh plants due to disturbances like the heavy oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill can double the rate of shoreline erosion in hard-hit marshes. 

The basking shark, the largest shark in the waters off Southern California, is also the most elusive

Common chemicals used in thousands of products to protect against harmful effects of ultraviolet light threaten corals and other marine life.

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is an inherited form of vision loss that causes people to have trouble with their colour vision and difficulty seeing in the centre of their visual field.

A new review of glacier research data paints a picture of a future planet with a lot less ice and a lot more water. 

While prescribed fires are common tools in wildland management, a combination of smoke and fog, known as superfog, has in some cases crossed over major roadways, leading to multicar pileups and fatalities in visibility of less than 3 meters.

With climate change, the Arctic tundra is likely to become drier. Lakes may shrink in size and smaller lakes may even disappear according to a new Dartmouth study. 

What effects does climate change have on the genetic diversity of living organisms?

A new assessment of NASA's record of global temperatures revealed that the agency's estimate of Earth's long-term temperature rise in recent decades is accurate to within less than a tenth of a degree Fahrenheit, providing confidence that past and future research is correctly capturing rising surface temperatures.