Plants

As development of large solar projects speeds up, researchers race against the clock to study the ecosystem implications.

Buff-tailed bumblebees are robbing hummingbirds of nutrients — just one of several threats facing the tiny birds, a new book reveals. 

New research sheds light on how increasing wildfires are affecting ecosystems and communities.

A new book reveals the harrowing attempts made to save imperiled plants and wildlife from Australia’s massive wildfires last year, including a daring scheme to protect ancient Wollemi pines.

An Indigenous-led resistance raises the alarm about a tar-sands pipeline that would cut through treaty territory of Anishinaabe people, threatening wild rice, fresh water and the climate.

Last year the United States racked up nearly $100 billion in damages from weather and climate disasters. These events are starting to take their toll on wildlife, too.

Wild plants related to our main agricultural crops are important to future food security. But more than half are endangered, a new study finds.

The Biden administration has an opportunity — and a responsibility — to help save the coastal ecosystems that protect us.

New research points out the frequent inequity of species’ scientific names, a longstanding problem that creates barriers to conservation.

A new study compares snowpack across the world and offers a tool to help scientists pinpoint where this critical resource is waning — and what that means for ecosystems and economies.