Decades of development along L.A.'s steep canyons and hillsides, combined with prolonged drought, have left the city's landscapes highly vulnerable.

As the planet warms, many expected ecosystems to change faster and faster. Instead, a massive global study shows that species turnover has slowed by about one-third since the 1970s. Nature’s constant ...

Many ecologists hypothesize that, as global warming accelerates, change in nature must speed up. They assume that as temperatures rise and climatic zones shift, species will face local extinction and ...

Plant biology encompasses the study of structure, function, growth and interactions of green multicellular organisms that dominate terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. At its core are processes that ...

Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages, ...

Integrating natural elements into architectural design has long been a fundamental pursuit in creating comfortable, sustainable environments that enhance both individual well-being and the ...

Rachel Standish receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Cooperative Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies. Tina Parkhurst has received funding from the ...

The World Nature Photography Awards (WNPAs) have announced their winners from a pool of entries received from all corners of the globe.