Ecology

Rapid alteration of gene pools could fight disease—and harm ecosystems

Animal communication studies have shown only fixed vocalizations, such as alarm cries. But Bonobo chimps appear to have a call that has different meanings in different contexts

Tree growth lags below normal for several years following droughts, a detail about carbon sequestration that climate models currently overlook. Christopher Intagliata reports

Drought holding back forests ability to store carbon may prove a vicious cycle of climate change

An Oregon wastewater plant chooses to offset discharges by restoring riverside

Glacial archaeologists scramble to save long-preserved specimens thawing out of vanishing ice before they are lost forever

El Paso school kids with higher exposure to air pollution had worse grades

Scientists lower methane emissions from growing the staple crop

Scientists push for better use of satellites to monitor shifts in biodiversity

Attempts to artificially inseminate the last female Yangtze giant softshell turtle have failed—but researchers have learned enough to try again

Montana–based Sunburst Sensors will help scientists monitor rise in ocean acidity more widely and precisely

The latest in ProPublica's “Killing the Colorado” series looks at how, despite decades of accepted science, California and Arizona still miscount their water supplies