Ecology

Flies, beetles, butterflies and moths may account for some 40 percent of the world’s pollination. Christopher Intagliata reports

The world’s two largest polluters have been team players at the climate talks in Paris

Science shows that safeguarding the climate will require us to leave most fossil fuels in the ground. Can we restrain ourselves?

Experiments may show how forests around the globe respond to global warming

Auto accidents, rodenticides and shrinking habitat are killing urban cats that largely occupy an area surrounded by highways and development, but a proposed wildlife bridge could offer promise

Careful recordings of mouse interactions find that females vocalize, overturning the long-held view that only males sing during courtship

Among howler monkey species, loud calls come at the expense of testicle size and sperm production—or to put it another way, monkeys with the largest testes don't make as much noise

Beeswax residues found on shards of stone age pottery in the Mediterranean region indicate that humans were keeping honeybees as early as 9,000 years ago

Cuts to emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides help restore natural balance

Natural disasters, disease and farming woes may expand poverty under global warming

Relentless emissions of heat-trapping gases are endangering the planet, the World Meteorological Organization says

One tiny (and hungry) Chittenango ovate amber snail that snuck into a university lab has revealed hidden truths about a critically endangered species