Mussel species are dying en mass in rivers across the Pacific Northwest, Midwest and South—likely from unidentified pathogens

The big cats’ resourceful new behaviour was recorded by a WWF study on a remote island off the coast of Brazil

The seismic rumblings of the Philippines’ second most active volcano hold clues to what it might do

“They’re nature’s hilarious accidents."

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Researchers say they have successfully created another embryo of the nearly extinct northern white rhino in a global effort to keep the species alive.

The British Ecological Society has announced the winners of its annual photography competition. Here are runner-ups and category winners from the competition, including descriptions by photographer

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Living beings, especially microorganisms, have a surprising ability to adapt to the most extreme environments on our planet, but there are still places where they cannot live. European researchers have confirmed the absence of microbial life in hot, saline, hyperacid ponds in the Dallol geothermal field in Ethiopia.

Warning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events

But the animals remain threatened with extinction

We know they're smart, but there's still a lot we don't know.

The creatures are not just incredibly clever, but also carnivorous, meaning a huge amount of wild fish will be caught to feed them, putting pressure on the ecosystem.

Plastic bags only 1% of plastic in freshwater after sustained efforts to reduce their use

The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person. A nearby forest is too. Soon, the government will grant a mountain legal personhood as well. Here's how it happened, and what it may mean.

Beneath the island’s rainforest, explorers search for new discoveries deep within some of the Earth’s largest, longest, and wildest caves.

In the desolate Antarctic landscape, life is hard to come by—unless you’re near some seal and penguin poop. The nitrogen-rich feces enrich the soil and create hot spots with lots of biological diversity that can extend more than 1000 meters beyond the borders of penguin and seal colonies, according to a new study.

Fire chaser beetles' ability to sense heat borders on the spooky

Nature is in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over one million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday in the UN's first comprehensive report on biodiversity.

Just when you thought spiders couldn't get any more terrifying.

As the Earth's magnetic north pole heads towards Siberia, concerns have been raised that the northern lights could move with it.