
California's Drought Is Part of a Much Bigger Water Crisis
The problems are as much structural and systemic as they are natural
The problems are as much structural and systemic as they are natural
The critically endangered Asiatic lions of Gujarat, India, have enjoyed a population boom over the past five years
The vast majority of ice loss in Alaska glaciers comes from those that sit completely on land—which contributes meltwater to sea level rise. Julia Rosen reports
Lions have now disappeared from as many as 16 African nations
Officials are torching thousands of olive trees without knowing if fire will stop the spread of a lethal bacterium
Vermont’s Fairbanks Museum Community of Observers provides the tools to help regional citizen scientists record and map data on a variety of topics, including wildflowers, birds, butterflies and weather patterns...
Norman Augustine, former CEO of Lockheed Martin and former undersecretary of the Army talks about the report he co-chaired for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, "Restoring the Foundation: The Vital Role of Research in Preserving the American Dream"
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Pests, fungal infections and a changing climate threaten cacao crops and the chocolate they produce. But researchers have strategies to rescue this favorite sweet
In the most biologically diverse marine ecosystem on the planet, fishing has wiped out apex predators like barracuda, grouper and sharks
Ornithologist Eduardo Inigo-Elias, senior research associate with the conservation science program at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, talks about the challenges of studying migratory birds and how improved relations between the U.S...
Religious dogma compromises Pope Francis's call for action on climate change by rejecting key solutions
Unmated birds that emulate lovable loser George Costanza play an important evolutionary role
As governor of Wisconsin, the likely Republican presidential nomination-seeker consistently dismissed science and sided with polluters
NASA satellites show that aquifers are rapidly depleting and hold less water than expected
Two Australian tree frog species are still dying from the chytrid fungus, but they have advantages that are helping them to survive in the long run
Countries' current pledges for greenhouse gas cuts will fail to achieve a peak in energy-related emissions by 2030 and likely result in a temperature rise of 2.6 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, the International Energy Agency said on Monday...
Fourteen years after genetic tests showed African bush and savanna elephants to be separate species, most organizations still treat them as one. That, some fear, hurts efforts to conserve them...
Only about 60 of these now critically-endangered wolves remain on Prince of Wales Island
ProPublica's “Killing the Colorado” series examines a 139-year-old water law that pushes ranchers to use as much water as they possibly can, even during a drought
State officials report several geese have tested positive for a lethal strain of avian flu, making Michigan the 21st state to confirm a case of the disease
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