Science

The new book Nowhere Left to Go shows how climate change threatens myriad species. But there are ways we can help.

Protecting women’s rights and the environment go hand-in-hand in these new books, which also celebrate female leaders and scientists.

We know more than ever about the abundance of life in the soil. Now we have to step up to save it.

Despite their reputation as destructive pests, new research reveals that armadillos support dozens of other species — including, possibly, humans.

How can we research animals in the darkness of night, when we can’t even see them properly?

New research suggests understanding species’ social learning and adaptive strategies can make them partners in their salvation.

Without fungi life on Earth would be unrecognizable. Yet these valuable organisms remain overlooked.

New research highlights ways to tackle our two greatest environmental challenges — at the same time.

Decades of studying polluted Piles Creek led to advances in our understanding of how pollution affects crabs, fish and shrimp, including those that we eat.

Mounting studies highlight greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs, and now a coalition of environmental groups has called for regulatory action.