By studying fire scars in ancient wood, many scientists have become convinced that Indigenous people transformed North America long before Christopher Columbus arrived.

One of the few remaining chestnut groves in the US may soon be bulldozed to make room for a massive hyperscale data center.

For more than 800 years, frequent cultural burning kept this land as stable, open woodland.

An analysis of a global database of 423 studies and >200,000 data points outlines the strength and generality of biodiversity relationships with ecosystem functioning and services.

Cameras, acoustics, radar and photonics allow us to observe insects at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales. Different sensors have unique strengths, while species ID is a critical bottleneck. ...

Changes in insect diversity and abundance can affect vertebrates but understanding these consequences relies on having rich information about vertebrate–insect interactions. This Review summarizes the...

US President Donald Trump has scaled back regulations meant to protect endangered wildlife as part of a broader push to reduce permitting obstacles for energy, mining, agriculture and other developmen...

Commentary: Ohioans who care about the quality and independence of their universities and colleges might want to pay attention to Ohio S.B. 461 this fall.

The proposed land swap would allow easy access to the crown jewel of the national park system. Democrats and former Park Service officials are incensed.

A new Trump attack on student loans is part of a push to crush the liberal arts. How can the humanities fight back?

Chet Hayes thinks Kentucky has a decent bobcat population but it's hard to know exactly how many there are.

In rescinding the regulatory definition of “harm” while suggesting a different interpretation of the term, is the USFWS ignoring its own logic?

Satellite observations reveal accelerating aboveground biomass loss across Europe’s forests since 2018, increasingly driven by natural disturbances. These trends weaken the forest carbon sink and chal...

New research reveals how flying mammals tolerate infections that kill other creatures

A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.

Proposed federal rules would rely on political appointees to decide how a lot of U.S. science gets done. History shows the consequences of such actions.

The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.

In this excerpt from a recent livestream, climate scientist Daniel Swain explains with the newly proposed rules from the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) would be a disaster not only for American science, but also for everything from disaster response to public universities to can

Jennifer Brooks, a history professor at Auburn University, had barely unpacked from a trip out of town earlier this month when the messages started blowing up her phone. Texts from colleagues and…

Habitat loss and fragmentation are among the greatest threats to biodiversity. Here the authors show that habitat quality of the surrounding landscape can also affect demographic rates and population ...

Scientists in Eastern Kentucky are trying to discover why Eastern Whip-poor-wills, an indicator bird species, are disappearing.

Bug zappers kill the wrong bugs—to control bugs without a spray repellent, use a spatial repellent or a fan instead.

Ecology is not yet ready for AI—and why that matters

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