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.

They live in some of the most inaccessible waters on Earth, where ocean temperatures hover around freezing. 

How are butterflies in the Alps responding to rising temperatures?

An eastern box turtle living in the New Hope Creek watershed near Duke’s campus wants to leave its habitat in search of resources or a mate.

Botany professor Ansgar Kahmen has been studying Switzerland’s forests for years. 

Nearly 30 years ago, a simple question sent University of Washington researchers into the Puget Sound lowlands to look for birds. 

Wildfire risk is no longer confined to the places people expect. 

Satellite-derived maps of defoliation caused by European spongy moths – a devastating U.S. forest pest that consumes the leaves of a wide variety of trees – offer a promising solution for tracking where and when to spray and for identifying large scale trends and conditions that lead to pest outbreaks, according to a new study.

Since the first major bleaching event in 1996, Hawaiian corals have been subject to increasing heat stress and more prevalent bleaching events.