New findings challenge an “Inca-centric” view of South American history, the researchers say.
Winning shots from the Capturing Ecology competition highlight the complex relationships that shape ecosystems.
This annual competition showcases photography that documents extraordinary moments in natural history and highlights conservation issues.
A controversial conservation strategy that has sparked division among both lawmakers and environmentalists will move forward.
"Abrupt changes" threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, a new study finds.
Scientists know little about the elusive river otters living along the East Coast, but a new study inspired by one bizarre, smelly poop offers some much-needed insight.
The number of peer-reviewed studies using iNaturalist data has surged more than tenfold in the past five years, new research shows.
Everything you need to conduct citizen science fits in the palm of your hand.
Wildlife crossings help decrease the millions of vehicle collisions with large animals that occur every year in the US
Pope Francis is among the most significant religious leaders in the world. But even he can’t bend the emissions curve on his own.
An ancestral human species faced a startling population bottleneck and teetered on the brink of extinction around 800,000 years ago, according to new research.
Despite the enthusiastic utterances of "tree law" across Twitter, there was no justice of any sort with LA's fine to Universal.
Officials have voted yes on a bill that prohibits the unauthorized removal or killing of the endangered desert plant.
These so-called Lazarus species often evade our notice.
After an unusually warm and snowless winter, plants are sprouting earlier than usual across many states.
The next entry in the sci-fi horror franchise hits Hulu next week.
Set in the Comanche Nation, the Predator franchise squares up against the warriors of the First Nations.
Our first look at Dan Trachtenberg’s new entry in the Predator saga takes us back in time.
"It is clear that some animals become familiar and get along with group members that happen to be other species, but do they become friends?"
Winning images from this year’s Capturing Ecology contest include a spider with a taste for bumblebees and a gull with a lice problem.
