Australia has a remarkable reputation as a place where animals believed to be extinct – sometimes for more than a century – ...

Wildfires in Europe are becoming more severe. With climate change intensifying droughts and reducing summer rain, wildfire risk is predicted to more than double by 2100. Do we have to learn to live ...

For centuries, humans have wondered if trees are more than passive bystanders in nature. Do they sense? Do they communicate? Some researchers think so, but a new study claiming that spruce trees “talk ...

Scientists warn that two new species of forest frogs from the Australian rainforest are at high risk of extinction due to ...

Donald Brown is the Lead Scientist for Mount St. Helens with the U.S. Forest Service, and 45 years after the eruption, there are still a few species that have not returned, including Western redback ...

From interdisciplinary projects to wilderness expeditions, The Greene School is an innovative model for nurturing academic ...

Changing the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act would remove habitat modifications and imperil vulnerable ...

From mountain peaks to coral reefs, Hawai‘i’s natural systems are deeply connected. The ʻāina (land), wai (water), holoholona (animals) and kānaka (people) rely on each other to survive.

By Amy Alonzo — Visiting Brown’s Creek Trail in South Reno is a bit like Dorothy returning to Kansas from Oz, when the ...

Almost 20,000 trees and shrubs have been planted in efforts to improve woodland in the North Pennines. North Pennines ...

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Pests are ravaging keystone species like ash, elm, and beech. But researchers are breeding the survivors into more resilient ...