In 1888, researchers aboard the R/V Albatross began the world’s first concentrated marine research expeditions off California ...

Ancient climate cooling reshaped carnivoran bodies, with fossils revealing how habitats drove species diversity worldwide.

The admirable little red-bellied toad is the size of a thumb, but it has achieved giant feats: In 2014, it prevented the ...

Polar bears are changing at a genetic level in response to climate change. This is what it means for the rest of the Arctic.

As you move from the poles richness increases. It’s a pattern that’s been termed the ‘latitudinal biodiversity gradient’ by ...

Best climate fiction, best historical fiction, best rom-com, best novel that could be described as “cerebral," and the novel ...

Many of the early exhibitions were more typical science-museum exhibitions—hands-on experiments, things you do with your hands, learning through interaction. There was an exhibition about food. There ...

Scientific divers have navigated a series of treacherous dives more than 330 feet deep in an attempt to unravel the mysteries of deep ocean reefs. They’re finding new species — and evidence of both cl ...

On a trip to the arctic town of Churchill, Manitoba, I joined the trend of taking trips to see threatened places and animals ...

Fish Fish are “ectotherms” – that is, they use external sources of heat to regulate their body temperature. So pet fish are vulnerable to changes in the water temperature of your home aquarium, which ...

A major review in Frontiers in Science highlights how tackling unsustainable food systems—reflected by our changing food ...

In Alaska, the last stronghold for wild salmon, Native tribes and conservationists are working to save the fish from both ...