
Late Snowpack Signals a Lost Summer for Greenland’s Shorebirds
Sanderlings, red knots and ruddy turnstones failed to breed this year along the Arctic island’s east coast due to record snow cover
Sanderlings, red knots and ruddy turnstones failed to breed this year along the Arctic island’s east coast due to record snow cover
The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome continues its deadly spread west, but a meeting of bat researchers reveals cause for hope
Kentucky’s first mountaintop removal coal mine is being turned into grassland to support valuable game species
Researchers are scrambling to understand the virulent outbreak, and backing policies to save several already beleaguered species
Visitors can see and learn about sharks and their environment in the new "Ocean Wonders: Sharks!" facility at the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium.
Conservationists have helped to save North America’s largest bird from extinction, but it’s still important to give every chick a chance to fly free...
Most invertebrates get smaller on average in cities, although a few very mobile species respond to urbanization by growing.
Narwhals and beluga whales are especially vulnerable to increased traffic in the region
Recent research shows that oxybenzone and octinoxate are detrimental to coral growth and increase the rate of coral bleaching
Forest cover losses were the second worst on record, after only 2016, with implications for climate mitigation
Many people assume only male birds do the singing. But females also sing in at least 660 species and perhaps many more.
Researchers tested the hearing of beluga whales in an Alaskan bay and found that they seem to have suffered little hearing loss due to ocean noise. Christopher Intagliata reports.
A new study proposes tools to gauge when an ecosystem is “intact”—and what might happen if that changes
Responsibly harvested areas may serve as habitat corridors for the big cats
A new analysis found the flood protection benefits of coral reefs save the global economy $4 billion dollars a year. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Hippo poop is piling up in Tanzania’s freshwater fisheries—which is bad news for biodiversity, and deleterious for the dinner plate. Jason G. Goldman reports.
The shift could change which prey animals hunt or make it harder to find food
In spite of their ecological, economic and cultural significance, predators are among the most heavily persecuted animals, due to conflict with humans and their assets
A survey to study this elusive, threatened mammal stretched over 7 winters and 70,000 kilometers
A rise in global temperatures may be making all kinds of creatures smaller—a trend with worrisome implications
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