Researchers discover that marine parks contain less than half of the fish biomass found in remote reefs.

Disturbances in coral reefs can trigger significant ecosystem shifts, but ecologists and local fishing populations may perceive those shifts in fundamentally different ways, according to a study from Florida State University researchers.

A new study finds vitamin D may be protective among asthmatic obese children living in urban environments with high indoor air pollution. 

For red squirrels, the death of a male you’ve never met could be the key to your survival, according to a new study.

Wetlands store carbon more efficiently than any other natural ecosystem, and a new study shows they store even more when sea level rises.

UChicago scientist drills into Taylor Glacier to understand previous climate changes.

A new study looking at variations in past sea ice cover in the Norwegian Sea found the shrinkage and growth of ice was instrumental in several abrupt climate changes between 32,000 and 40,000 years ago.

A team of Princeton ecologists took advantage of a rare opportunity to study what happens to an ecosystem when large carnivores are wiped out.

A team led by a Kent conservation biologist has successfully relocated threatened Seychelles paradise flycatchers (Terpsiphone corvina) to a different island to help prevent their extinction.

When you hear about the biological processes that influence climate and the environment, such as carbon fixation or nitrogen recycling, it’s easy to think of them as abstract and incomprehensibly large-scale phenomena.