Are wombats the accidental heroes of the Australian bush? After the Black Summer bushfires, we set up 56 cameras to capture animal activity in areas with and without wombat burrows to find out.

Gray whales in a small group that sticks close to the shores of the Pacific Northwest appear to be shrinking—and shockingly quickly

The tabby will become a "Doctor of Litter-ature" in recognition of his contributions to the Castleton campus, where he has become a regular visitor for the past four years.

Once upon a time, Earth was barren.

Leading archaeologist Professor Ian Ralston has rewritten the story of Doon Hill in East Lothian, with his long career set to be honoured

SpinLaunch is developing a large rotating arm that uses kinetic energy to fling 440-pound satellites into low orbit.

The big energy firms have largely stopped denying the scientific consensus about climate change. But behind their rhetoric about “net zero emissions,” there’s an unflinching determination to keep profiting from oil and gas, whatever the cost.

How industrial meat and dairy trap us in an infectious disease cycle.

Snowfall is declining globally as temperatures rise because of human-caused climate change, a new analysis and maps from a NOAA climate scientist show.

The enduring idea that men evolved to hunt and women evolved to gather is a relatively baseless assumption that is facing greater academic resistance than ever before.

Two new books take up the ethics of killing some animals to protect others. By Elizabeth Kolbert

Paleontologists in South Africa said they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behavior.

An ecologist, a mathematician and a taxonomist were locked down together in a suburban house. So they counted all the species of plants and animals they could find.

Tall. Straight. Abundant flowers. And a stunning trunk. What’s not to like about the spotted gum?

Almost every piece of plastic is made from fossil fuels. Fossil fuel companies, plastic producers and some consumer goods companies could weaken the treaty.

Asian elephants loudly mourn and bury their dead calves, according to a study by Indian scientists that details animal behaviour reminiscent of human funeral rites.

Leaks are driving 30% of the climate crisis and MethaneSat will provide the first first near-comprehensive global view