For ecosystems, a forest fire does not end where the flames stop. 

Scientists in search of coral reef barriers which had been detected but not investigated in the 1960s, and were thought to be dead, discovered an apparently thriving ecosystem of deep-water corals.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) tropical forests stretch across an extraordinary landscape of rivers, wetlands, savannas and towering trees.

As sea levels rise, coastal wetlands around the world are expected to shrink – and researchers at the University of British Columbia have found this could put the world’s shorebirds and their critical habitat at risk.

Once coyotes get a taste for city living, the call of the wild fades to a whisper. 

Global study of more than 23,000 marine mollusk species projects major shifts in body size by 2100 — including surprising growth in some animals and ocean regions.

The common octopus is a warm water species that usually lives in the temperate waters of the Mediterranean.

A new study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers shows that nearly 23% of short-finned pilot whales that stranded over 13 years in the main Hawaiian Islands ingested several pounds of plastic ropes, netting, fishing gear and plastic bags that were discarded in the ocean.

Ocean plastic pollution is accidentally on the menu for southern giant petrel chicks.

Many lizards have nanoscopic hairs covering their bodies. A study by Kiel University shows that these structures may help them survive in the desert.