The oceans — vast, ancient, and seemingly eternal — are shifting faster than scientists once believed possible. Temperatures ...

Scientists have long been sounding the alarm about decreasing greenhouse gases. Coral reefs now face extinction due to a lack ...

A study of nine species of large mammals in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has revealed that their behavioral responses to ...

For decades, ecologists have puzzled over a mystery: Why do some natural habitats get overrun by invasive species while others seem to repel outside threats? In a classic 1958 book on the subject, the ...

In Yellowstone National Park — where gray wolves were reintroduced starting in 1995 — researchers have gone back and forth on ...

Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key ...

All of New York’s bat species are insectivores, chowing down on pests that ravage crops. The nocturnal predators also limit mosquito populations, though their insect-based diet is why it’s necessary ...