Ecology

The population of this newly identified species has plummeted 70 percent in 15 years

Observations show that the Southern Ocean is still pulling CO₂ from the sky, but that may not last forever

New Orleans sees that even modern engineering cannot eliminate flooding risk

Whereas most predators kill the young or infirm, humans claim a disproportionate number of mature healthy adults of reproductive age

Millions of vultures have died over the past 20 years, victims of a painkiller drug gone wrong

And it's only ever been seen three times ever.

Researchers built a "phantom road" through wilderness using tree-mounted speakers to play traffic sounds, and witnessed a decline in bird fitness and diversity. Christopher Intagliata reports

Climate change could put a type of oceanic bacteria into evolutionary overdrive in a way that could pose a threat to its long-term survivability and its important role in the food chain

For a location that’s so difficult to reach, it’s astonishing how many speices have managed to make the journey

Oh, great. As if the communicable cancer already wiping out the species weren’t bad enough

Consequences of global sea level rise could be even scarier than the worst-case scenarios predicted by the dominant climate models