For the past seven years, Maren Vitousek, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and her research group have been studying a population of tree swallows in the Ithaca area.

The haunting sound of the Wilson’s snipe is a familiar one around this province’s bogs, fens and wet meadows.

It may help keep your car on the road in the winter, but research from the University of Toronto suggests that road salt is creating problems for wildlife.

As threats to plant and animal species across Canada continue to escalate, a new study, led by University of Lethbridge plant ecologist Dr. Jenny McCune, has provided a baseline look at how sources of pollution overlap the known ranges of nearly 500 at-risk species.

A tiny termite might see an elephant’s foot as its biggest threat. 

New ZSL study reveals mothers detoxify themselves by passing on most neurotoxic PCBs through lactation.

The health of common water fleas like this one are being examined by University of Toronto researchers using a powerful instrument called a tandem mass spectrometer.

New research reveals how penguins have dealt with more than a century of human impacts in Antarctica and why some species are winners or losers in this rapidly changing ecosystem.

Sometimes, pollution is blatantly obvious: the iridescent slick of an oil spill, goopy algae washing up on a beach or black smoke belching from a smokestack.

Ancient flying reptiles known as pterosaurs were much more diverse than originally thought, according to a new study by an international group of paleontologists.