The decrease in body size driven by the selective species turnover is widely altering fish food web topology and function.

New article offers historical overview of the organization, the infrastructure, its services and the global community underpinning it... Celebrating 25 years of GBIF, a new article published in…

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Congo has surged past 8,000 as the country struggles with a shortage of health workers. The new statistics were released Sunday.

Tampa Bay has reported 169 cases, including 160 in Hillsborough, seven in Pinellas and two in Pasco counties as of Sept. 19.

In the highlands above Villa de Arma, community leaders once walked through ice and snow. They still remember the stories told by their grandparents of the Apus, high-mountain spirits that guard the…

Tropical forest canopies exhibit immense chemical and structural diversity. This study shows that remotely mapped forest functional groups can predict the life histories, morphologies, and vulnerabili...

The olive ridley sea turtle eggs will incubate at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.

Over the last century, the integrity of streams and lakes in the U.S. has deteriorated. Our river networks are fragmented by thousands of dams hindering movement and adaptation. Water diversions,…

Artificial intelligence used to cull half of applications submitted by cybersecurity scholars, before they got to human eyes

The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations.

The olive ridley sighting was the first “natural nesting” on record for any sea turtle species on the West Coast, officials said.

Investments to prevent tropical deforestation and to limit wildlife trade will protect against future zoonosis outbreaks

An algal bloom has almost wiped out a unique population of giant cuttlefish—and their stunning mating swarms

A bird version of the NY Times' Wordle. Six guesses to identify the bird of the day.

Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...

Citizen science photographs contain a vast and underused record of species interactions. This Community Page introduces Who Eats Whom, an interactive, searchable food web created from photographs uplo...

A network of climate assessments plays a critical role in synthesizing the state of science to support evidence-based decision-making To support future U.S. and sub-national climate assessments, ...

Exclusive: The tax-funded research aims to protect British wildlife from the human-caused climate crisis

US restrictions on access to technologies have led Chinese firms to intensify and broaden the scope of their scientific knowledge sourcing

Anthropic describes five cases where scientists in unnamed countries tried to use its Claude software for potentially nefarious work on viruses or toxins

Twenty years ago, scientist and Mongabay board member Debby Ng joined a team documenting life at Terumbu Bayan, a coral reef south of Singapore that was about to be reclaimed. There she encountered a…

An experiment with roots at M.I.T. used A.I. and satellite images to grow a coastline in the Maldives. More projects are planned for Boston and Miami.

Decision marks first time a genetically modified tree designed for forest restoration clears regulatory hurdle.

The use of paid administrative leave as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, an effort to entice federal workers to quit, across government in 2025 was 435% higher than two...

An analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term.

The new administration has taken an array of decisive actions with far-reaching consequences for Earth and space scientists. Use our new tool to help sort them out.

New document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas

Atlantic blue crabs have moved into the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, where they are a problem both for ecosystems and local economies, but octopuses might offer a solution