Tests in Germany show children and teens are contaminated with banned plasticizers. You may never have heard of these potentially toxic chemicals, but they're everywhere, including clothes, cosmetics ...

Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 03 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s44358-026-00145-1Promising biodiversity recovery in the Yangtze River

There are fewer than 380 right whales left in the world, with roughly 70 females capable of bearing young.

Armed with enthusiasm, researchers and volunteers have joined forces to safeguard the flamboyant seabirds as climate change warms their ocean homes.

Low pressure system funnels rain over already saturated areas, compounding risk of further flooding

But there is a basic question lurking behind the headlines. Who will actually need that oil in the years ahead? For years, China has been one of Venezuela’s

Billions of sea stars, victims of a deadly wasting illness, have perished over the last decade, imperiling marine ecosystems and spurring a global hunt for a biological or environmental culprit. Recently, researchers identified a likely suspect, but the case is far from closed.

Exclusive: Analysis by ClimatePartner shows how any such move would risk plunging Earth further into climate catastrophe

The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could increase to 150 days per year by 2100.

Swirling underwater eddies are aggressively melting two Antarctic glaciers, a recent study found, including the one that could raise sea levels by multiple feet.

Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect co...

Countries are proving that cutting methane emissions from the waste sector is not only possible—it’s already happening.

Melissa rapidly intensified going into Sunday morning and is now a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds. The US National Hurricane Center expects it to strengthen into a rare Category 5 hurricane o...

A disease that’s new to Maryland threatens to wipe out many of the state’s old trees, writes Carl. R. Gold.