Biodiversity

Books and recommendations from Scientific American

Some species adapt well to no-till fields

The most successful environmental legislation ever enacted faces new threats from Congress

A protein may have eased a fish's transition from rivers to caves

High-tech submersibles are poised to systematically explore the ocean's deepest trenches, answering long-standing questions about exotic creatures, the source of tsunamis and the origin of life on Earth

Scientific whaling program judged unscientific

Thriving in warmer winters, a beetle threatens a key source of Major League's cherished wood bats: The white ash forests of Pennsylvania and New York

You need to have pretty good eyesight to see the tiny snails from the genus Plectostoma. These almost impossibly small gastropods from Malaysia and Thailand only reach a millimeter or two in width, but they make up for their lack of size with their stunning beauty.

These 10 animals are just a few of the species to have been lost to extinction but still can be seen via old photographs

An army of undergraduates built a synthetic chromosome with cheap DNA-making technology

Hottier, drier weather is thought to be causing the amphibians to burn energy faster

The world's largest ocean is absorbing carbon dioxide, and turning more acidic as a result, faster than expected