Until recent decades, researchers could be confident that their numerous studies about permafrost told the tale about this frozen phenomenon.

New genetic research has identified fin whales in the northern Pacific Ocean as a separate subspecies, reflecting a revolution in marine mammal taxonomy as scientists unravel the genetics of enormous animals otherwise too large to fit into laboratories.

Red deer on a Scottish island are providing scientists with some of the first evidence that wild animals are evolving to give birth earlier in the year as the climate warms.

Environmentally friendlier palm oil production could be achieved with less fertilizer and no herbicide, while maintaining profits. 

New analysis shows that Taku Glacier has joined the growing list of retreating glaciers.

A large burn scar can be seen from space where the Kincade Fire has burned through Sonoma County, California.

Scientists from the University of Granada, the IGME, and the Universities of Cologne and Lisbon have demonstrated that the careo irrigation channels of Sierra Nevada constitute the oldest underground aquifer recharge system on the continent.

Less than one-sixth of the area burnt as compared to 2017, however.

They identify mechanisms that expand nutrient-rich coastal water into the open ocean.

Carbon emissions from deforestation much smaller than previously thought, economists say.