Galapagos giant tortoises, sometimes called Gardeners of the Galapagos, are creatures of habit. 

How exactly does the ocean — the Earth’s largest carbon sink — capture and store carbon?

The recipe for the best prediction possible involves a special combination of data and timing.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30 but there is nothing magical about these dates, tropical cyclones can appear almost anytime.

Understanding the ecology and distributions of species in Amazonia is hampered by lack of information about environmental conditions, such as soils.

Of all the different possible methods to combat anthropogenic climate change conceived of so far, among the least studied is climate engineering.

A controlled, laboratory approach, along with computer simulations, has helped KAUST researchers to show that bacterial communities can homogenously disperse within aquatic ecosystems even with slow flowing water and the persistence of their preferred, localized conditions.

In a paper recently published in the journal Biological Conservation, an international team of conservationists highlights the importance of tree dens for pandas raising infants in native habitats. 

Changes in temperature and rainfall could drastically reduce maize yields by the end of the century in northeast Brazil, one of the country's poorest and most vulnerable regions, environmental experts warn.

Experts agree: Reforesting our planet is one of the great ecological challenges of the 21st century.