To deal with invasive hippos that were brought to Colombia by drug lord Pablo Escobar—and that threaten the country’s biodiversity—the nation’s government is sterilizing, exporting and euthanizing the animals ...
A deep-sea expedition discovers a strange, dark world of strawberry squid and ratfish in cold-water corals near the Galápagos Islands
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to fight biodiversity loss by analysing vast amounts of data, monitoring ecosystems and spotting trends over time
Warming waters pose a danger to Atlantic salmon. A new effort aims to lower the temperature in waterways used by the fish to spawn
The Endangered Species Act requires that every U.S. plant and animal be saved from extinction, but after 50 years, we have to do much more to prevent a biodiversity crisis
These mysterious spots of barren soil have fascinated scientists for years. Now evidence of their existence beyond two known locations is stirring up a fresh round of contention
A striking purple species is one piece of the fungal kingdom’s uncharted diversity
Researchers in Hawaii are studying the effects of the deadly blazes on its island of Maui, including how they have impacted drinking-water quality and might affect local marine ecosystems...
Thousands of usually solitary octopuses gather to brood eggs in a special spot off California
Minuscule amounts of uranium detected in the shells of turtles point to a new way to track such materials’ impacts on people and ecosystems
New habitats that are emerging as mountain glaciers melt away represent huge ecological shifts and present new challenges for conservation
Apothecaries founded this famous garden—one of the most ancient botanical gardens in Europe—to teach their students which plants poison and which plants cure.
An expedition using a deep-sea remotely operated vehicle has uncovered a hidden underground ecosystem below hydrothermal vents on the seafloor
Researchers set out to calculate how much of Earth’s life dwells in the planet’s least admired environment
Atmospheric carbon is a currency that plants use to “buy” nutrients from fungi in the soil. To find out where this economy will go next, the devil is in the details. And the details are in the dirt...
Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve been devaluing their currency.
As “zombie” fires become more common, new research shows they arise from an unexpected source
New research has discovered that wildfire smoke hurts these primates’ voice—and health.
Elated researchers watched baby octopuses hatch en masse near Pacific Ocean hydrothermal vents
Humans prey on more vertebrate species for use as pets and in medicine and other products than we do for food
