Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals ...

The planet is on the cusp of triggering the sixth mass extinction event. Conserving a small percentage of land could make all ...

Eating meat-heavy diets speeds up species extinction, while plant-based diets use less land and help save wildlife.

When Earth’s ancient supercontinent Nuna broke apart, it reshaped oceans, cooled the climate, and set the stage for complex ...

The Earth's magnetic field has been getting weaker over the past few centuries. This weakening can be seen in data gathered ...

Climate change and human-made shelters have created survivable habitat for the cold-adapted mosquito species Culiseta ...

As a result, a large number of people across Madagascar are highly dependent on the island’s ecosystems for their livelihoods ...

Scientists have traced the origins of complex life to the breakup of the supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion years ago. This ...

Nature has become a rounding error on a planet dominated by humanity, and for some things we don’t even need our machines to do it.

The term “ecosystem engineering” has been used for decades as a way to describe organisms that drastically alter their ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...

Some experts believe that we're already in a sixth mass extinction event, but given the numbers, others aren't so sure.