Ecologists have long sought clarity on the dietary habits of different animal species.

Small marine crustaceans are as valuable as key coastal habitats for storing carbon and should be similarly protected, according to new research.

Soaring human demand for krill in the Southern Ocean poses a challenge to the recovery of whale species once hunted nearly to extinction. Stanford researchers identify the growing food conflict and offer solutions.

Gardens can become “living artworks” to help prevent the disastrous decline of pollinating insects, according to researchers working on a new project.

Scientists may have found an antidote to pesticides that are directly and indirectly killing bees, according to a new paper published Sept. 5 in Nature Sustainability showing promising early results in common eastern bumblebees.

The Salish Sea — the inland coastal waters of Washington and British Columbia — is home to two unique populations of fish-eating orcas, the northern resident and the southern resident orcas.

Grey reef sharks are having to abandon the coral reefs they call home in the face of warming oceans, new research finds.

Conservation efforts directed towards just 0.7% of the world’s land mass could help protect 1/3 of the world’s threatened and unique tetrapod species.

New data summaries from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird platform will help state wildlife planners assess the status of bird populations that live in or pass through their state – a crucial tool in protecting species.

A new species of Antarctic dragonfish, Akarotaxis gouldae or Banded Dragonfish, has been discovered in waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula by researchers at William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS).