Interactive software that “reads” and analyzes footprints left by black rhinoceroses can be used to monitor the movements of the animals in the wild, giving conservationists a new way to keep watch on the endangered species and help keep it safe from poachers, according to a Duke University-led study.

National parks are safe havens for endangered and threatened species, but an analysis by Rice University data scientists finds parks and protected areas can preserve more than species.

Like a comic book come to life, researchers at Stanford University have developed a kind of X-ray vision – only without the X-rays.

Tropical Storm Paulette has run into wind shear that is pushing the bulk of clouds and showers away from its center of circulation, and that is apparent on infrared imagery from NASA

The active ingredients found in sunscreen have detrimental effects on freshwater ecosystems, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists.

Livestock grazing is reducing the biodiversity of herbivores and pollinators worldwide, according to a new study led by University of Alberta researchers that examined the impact of grazing on a larger scale than ever before.

A University of Alberta graduate student who made an intriguing fossil find during a course ended up identifying the fossilized tracks of a newly discovered wood-boring organism in a new study.

If you could dive down to the ocean floor nearly 540 million years ago just past the point where waves begin to break, you would find an explosion of life.

An international team has decoded the full genome for the black mustard plant.

The most massive gravitational-wave source yet has been detected – a binary black hole merger which produced a blast equal to the energy of eight suns, sending shockwaves through the universe.