Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the most venerable of the leviathans now numbers 384, up eight from past year

Who conducts biological research, where they do it and how results are disseminated vary among geographies and identities. Identifying and documenting these forms of bias by research communities is a ...

From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.

ABSTRACT. Social media tools have revolutionized how people communicate with one another. A 2018 paper in Fisheries summarized the use of Twitter, Facebook

Scientific Reports - Migratory behaviour of humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific under climate change

A seastar that specializes in living on pieces of wood that have fallen into the ocean is among the top 10 new marine species described by researchers in 2024. And in the case of this particular inver...

The population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter.

The paralysing toxin deployed by the male blue-lined octopus might help to protect him from being eaten.

Large whales operate what scientists have called “the Great Whale Conveyor Belt,” the largest long-distance nutrient transport on Earth.

Baleen whales migrate from high latitude feeding grounds to subtropical reproductive winter grounds, translocating limiting nutrients across ecosystems. This study estimates the latitudinal movement o...

The iceberg appears to be stuck and may start breaking up near the island of South Georgia.

48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

Study shows funding bias towards animals like rhino while other endangered species including amphibians and algae disregarded

Marine scientists are using an ingenious, if peculiar method to extract semen from wild male leopard sharks in a bid to boost the species' numbers.

After BOEM rescinded its protection efforts aimed at slowing ship traffic, there is little to save the whale from extinction.

Natural resource mining is a vital global industry serving sectors such as construction, infrastructure and electronics. The negative impacts of mining, exacerbated by poor governance and lax legisla...

It might sound hyperbolic to say that finding even one female turtle can revive an entire species. However, nothing could be truer for the critically endangered Yangtze softshell turtle, a species…

Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, an extraordinary mystery given they give birth every two to three years. Calves are also only rarely sighted—far less than would be...

The rare sighting of two common short-beaked dolphins hints at an environmental success story