ecology

Vicious Saudi autocrat Mohamed bin Salman has a new vision for Neom, his plan for a massive, $500 billion,…

A trove of elephant tusks found in the cargo hold of an old Portuguese shipwreck is yielding new insights into the…

As much as I hate bugs with their little creepy wings and huge eyes, we need them. Yet there have been dire warnings…

Scientists are determining the lifespan of the world’s largest fish with the help of nuclear weapons tests from the…

Marine biologists have found evidence of a previously unobserved deep-sea migration route more than 4,500 feet…

Generally speaking, scientists are not down with Pablo Escobar’s hippos.

Domestic cats are an ecological catastrophe, and a new study shows specifically how they enact their destruction.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, a glacier advanced upon the Pacific Northwest, its ice forming a natural barrier…

The British Ecological Society has announced the winners of its annual ecology-themed photo competition. From boas,…

Disbelief and disappointment are some of the more PG-rated reactions coming from the ocean conservation community on…

News on endangered species is often not good. It comes with the territory. But every now and then there are success…

Humanity has pushed Earth to the brink with more than a million species threatened with extinction. There are a…

British conservationists have figured out why a protected island near the UK’s southwest coast is littered with…

A new report has found that nearly two-thirds of America’s breeding bird species were moderately to highly…

Officials at Galápagos National Park are considering a substantial rate hike for visitors, a move that could make…

A viral video’s been making the rounds this week of what looks like some kind of pneumatic tube coaster/aquatic Uber…

It turns out you can ward off some thieving gulls by just staring them down, according to a new study. I say some…

Hey, it’s me, your local environmental reporter here to ruin all your feral hog fun.

A newly described species of flying squirrel is teaching researchers more about these enigmatic, tree-hopping…