University of Arkansas researchers have established a link between climate patterns in the Amazon and large parts of North and South America using their newly developed tree-ring chronology from the Amazon River basin. 

Common assumptions notwithstanding, rare species can play unique and essential ecological roles. 

A new species of an ancient marine reptile evolved to strike terror into the hearts of the normally safe, fast-swimming fish has been identified by a team of University of Alberta researchers.

Flocks of birds in Ontario are now on the move, flying south on their annual fall migrations. But many birds, both large and small, will not make it to their warmer destination, thanks to a largely invisible threat.

At night in a Ugandan forest, a team of American and African scientists take oral swabs from insect-eating cyclops leaf-nosed bats.

For the next several months, visitors to the Atlanta Botanical Garden will be able to observe the testing of a new high-tech tool in the battle to save some of the world’s most endangered species.

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.