Earth is teeming with life: creatures big and small have spread and adapted to vastly different environments. Many animals can also change their physiology – how their bodies function – in response to ...

Africa’s forests have undergone a shocking reversal, switching from carbon absorbers to carbon emitters after 2010. Researchers found that heavy deforestation in tropical regions has led to massive ...

New study shows unexpected natural forest regrowth in Africa, even as overall forest loss continues to impact global climate ...

Benjamin Karikari, a crop genetics researcher at Nebraska, focuses on farmer-driven soybean and crop systems research, ...

Children's asthma hospitalisations in Queensland vary greatly depending on season, location and child's age and sex, ...

Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around the equator. Yet we still know surprisingly little about how these species ...

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce is 2026 Fellows. ESA's fellowship program recognizes the many ways ...

The world’s migratory animals are in trouble, and the latest warning is hard to ignore. Nearly half of the species protected ...

Global efforts to limit climate change require deep cuts to carbon emissions. However, global emissions are still growing. Currently, we emit roughly 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from fossil ...

Discover what grasslands are, their global importance, the threats they face, and why we must protect these key ecosystems ...

The genus Boa includes species such as the boa constrictor, found throughout much of South America, and the boa imperator, ...