Most Americans feel guilty about throwing away food, but only a few really understand the negative environmental impacts this practice has, says...
After 3,000 years of research ecologists have created the very first list detailing every known tree species in the Amazon Rainforest, Newsweek...
A new species of orchid discovered in Columbia has what is unmistakably a frightening face on it – one which has researchers...
El Niño’s long-term effects are expected to cause an intense season of fire in the Amazon, according to the 2016 fire forecast...
The season of sun, sand and surf is on its way in, and so are sharks. Researchers from the Massachusetts Division of...
The whole world may be heating up, but one place has remained impervious to these environmental changes. The Southern Ocean around Antarctica...
Scientists who have completed months of aerial and underwater studies of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have found that mass bleaching has killed...
A proposal to release genetically modified mosquitoes that has earned criticism in Florida is being welcomed in Hawaii, but for a different...
Huntington Beach and Imperial Beach in Southern California have faced an influx of approximately 1,000 tuna crabs that have washed ashore. The...
It seems as if the whole world has been plagued by an increase in wildfires over the last few years – from...
A new study suggests that leopards have lost an estimated 75% of their historical range to date. In 1750, leopards roamed more...
Methane emissions are known to be one of the most powerful greenhouse gases in the world. But the debate on how much...
Experts say that a serious environmental disturbance is happening in the Florida Everglades. Since 2015, 40,000 acres of seagrass has died-off in...
Most climate change reports have been showing a bleak outlook for the world. In a piece by The San Diego Union-Tribune, climatologist...
Earth is getting greener, according to a team of international researchers. Their findings were published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change....
Monarch butterflies, whose population has been declining over the years, find themselves faced with a set of new threats. A study from...
This month the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. The report...
Research funded by the National Science Foundation may have found an ingenious solution to poaching: applying game theory and computer science to...
The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago was witness to one of nature’s miracles Monday morning: a newborn dolphin surfaced. Guided by its mother,...