Some whittled down to just 30 percent of their original size, an adaptation to increasing temperatures known as the ...

Fossil evidence from North China indicates that certain ecosystems may have rebounded within just two million years after the ...

During the frigid days of winter, plant lovers are forced to turn their attention indoors. The bromeliads are a group of plants that adapt well to indoor conditions and lately have become more readily ...

The evolution of the neck in vertebrates: a key innovation for conquering terrestrial environments Vertebrates (animals with vertebrae ... of the two mesodermal populations to the emergence and ...

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

Federal data only tells part of the story of how the global wildlife trade is fueling nature loss, a new study shows.

Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.

Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa recently discovered that many species of fungi isolated from Hawai‘i’s nearshore environment have the ability to degrade plastic and some can be ...

It experiences obligatory diapause, a period of dormancy that is naturally induced at a fixed time in an organism's life cycle. When we think of Antarctic animals, most would mention penguins, and ...

Rarely seen and poorly understood, the future of our clouded leopards depends on urgent conservation efforts as it faces numerous threats such as poaching and deforestation ...

Fossil evidence from North China suggests that some ecosystems may have recovered within just two million years of the ...

The Nicobar Islands are a biodiversity hotspot, home to unique species found nowhere else. Long isolated, these islands have ...