Plants — they’re just like us, with unique techniques for handling stress. 

A new study has found contaminants that were banned decades ago are still imperiling critically endangered California condors. 

Once humans discovered how to tame fire, they began using it for heat, for cooking, to scare away animals and to alter their environs, especially burning areas to plant and to restore grazing land. 

Researchers have succeeded in sequencing and characterizing the entire genome of oat. 

In a major step forward for monitoring the biodiversity of marine systems, a new study published today in Environmental DNA details how MBARI researchers are using autonomous underwater robots to sample environmental DNA (eDNA). 

The latest British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Antarctic Digital Database (ADD) data will be included in a world leading collection of geographic information.

Killer whale populations are invading the Arctic, causing significant disruptions to an ecosystem already deeply affected by climate change. 

Since the beginning of April 2022, Iraq and other parts of the Middle East have been hit by a series of severe dust storms.

It’s one of the biggest challenges facing the environment and farmers across the globe – pest control.

More than 98% of U.S. waters outside the central Pacific Ocean are not part of a marine protected area, and the ones that are tend toward “lightly” or “minimally” protected from damaging human activity, research led by Oregon State University shows.