Hundreds of hikers each day pass by the fallen boulder along the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park.

The loss of flowering plants and the widespread use of pesticides could be a double punch to wild bee populations.

A Texas A&M co-authored study found that development could threaten habitats of the lizard commonly found in West Texas and New Mexico.

Increasing fishing too quickly can cause coral reef ecosystems to collapse, new CU Boulder-led research finds.

During typical summers in the southeastern U.S., streams of visitors travel to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to witness one of nature’s most spectacular displays of light: thousands of male fireflies, all flashing together in near-perfect harmony. 

New CU Boulder-led research finds that the traits that make vertebrates distinct from invertebrates were made possible by the emergence of a new set of genes 500 million years ago.

Along Vancouver Island’s west coast, the traditional territories of the Tseshaht First Nation span the Broken Group Islands, with thousands of years of pre-colonial history.

Scientists have successfully attached satellite tracking tags to six New Zealand southern right whales, or tohorā, and are inviting the public to follow the whales’ travels online.

The number of alien (non-native) species, particularly insects, arthropods and birds, is expected to increase globally by 36% by the middle of this century, compared to 2005, finds new research by an international team involving UCL.

Texas A&M is part of a multi-university collaboration to study locust swarms and how to limit the destruction they leave behind.