Last year, a team of scientists embarked on a mission to explore the seafloor exposed when a Delaware-sized iceberg…
In 1835, Charles Darwin documented the presence of iguanas on Santiago island, the largest in the Galapagos…
New research shows that garbage piles produced by leaf-cutter ants emit significant amounts of nitrous oxide—a potent…
Life is hard for Ridgway’s hawks, a species found only in a small sliver of habitat on the Caribbean island of…
Unprecedented footage from Costa Rica shows tiny tropical lizards “breathing” from an air sac suspended atop their…
New scientific results have strengthened the case that the ubiquitous northern cardinal could be two species of bird or…
In 2016 and 2017, disaster struck the world’s largest living structure: back-to-back heat waves caused half of all…
In the inky depths of the Gulf of Mexico, pearly white corals crisscross the seafloor, their translucent tentacles…
A 30-year analysis of Amazonian trees finds the world’s largest rainforest is already adapting to climate change, but…
In 2011, a colossal tsunami set off by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake slammed into the eastern shores of Japan. Not long…
Medicines do an excellent job of increasing the quality of life for humans around the world, but the drugs don’t stay…
Madagascar’s history contains some truly enormous animals, from giant lemurs to giant tortoises. The island was also…
Our oceans are brimming with microscopic phytoplankton—plant-like organisms that contribute significantly to marine…
The aye-aye is about as ridiculous looking as a primate can get: beady yellow eyes, bat-like ears, and hands like…
If you heard a bear roar for the first time but didn’t see the snarling beast, what would you think? Would you be…
In 2017, marine biologist Erasmo Macaya was shocked to discover bits of kelp on the remote Antarctic island of King…
The Herpetologists’ League rescinded its annual Distinguished Herpetologist award after winner Dick Vogt showed racy…
The Arctic tundra keeps an enormous amount of carbon in check in its soils, but as the region warms, that carbon could…
Humans and their constant barrage of noise cause all sorts of problems for wildlife. But new research suggests noise…
Every spring in Australia, millions of bogong moths emerge from their pupae and embark on a 600-mile trip to the…
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