For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

Madagascar forest cannot fully recover naturally because invasive strawberry guava creates nutrient poor soil.

Becky Nichols, the park’s long-time entomologist, has dedicated her career to learning about and protecting lifeforms like bees, wasps, moths, and butterflies.

Don't overlook the natural beauty of state parks in the U.S. These gorgeous, coastal parks offer incredible views of the ...

Those trees are central to one of the efforts to restore the American chestnut. If enough of them have distinct means of ...

A new scientific review challenges the headline-grabbing claim that Yellowstone’s returning wolves triggered one of the strongest trophic cascades on Earth. Researchers found that the reported 1,500% ...

The upshot is that clean-energy technologies account for the bulk of new energy investments, and that is the first step in ...

A rare baby dugong spotted in Indonesia’s Alor archipelago highlights the success of community-led efforts to restore ...

To protect the southwest’s iconic Joshua trees, scientists are tinkering with their genetics and searching for climate havens ...

A new study of bald cypress trees reveals how ancient climate shifts, starting around 500 A.D., drastically shortened tree ...

Long before agriculture, humans were transforming Europe’s wild landscapes. Advanced simulations show that hunting and fire use by Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers reshaped forests and ...

The world’s largest terrestrial biome is changing fast, so much so that Earth’s appearance from space will be subtly shifting in color. Faced with warming temperatures, boreal forests are gradually ...