Ecology

It's almost barbeque season, which means that for many of us it's just about time to break out the mesquite. But mesquite isn't all that popular when it isn't providing a nice, smoky flavor to our burgers and chicken.

The new results from the nationally representative UT Energy Poll are out today, highlighting the way so many energy issues have become politicized.

Exposure to metformin, a first-line treatment for type-2 diabetes, feminizes male minnows and impacts fertility at levels common in wastewater effluent

The microscopic organisms bloomed in the wake of the Macondo well disaster

Last month, Senator Ted Cruz matter-of-factly told an interviewer that he just happened to glance at a four-decade-old article from Newsweek that very morning.

Is there any hope of saving the Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) from extinction? Sadly, the chances of that happening seem to grow slimmer and slimmer.

A swim with sewage aims to call attention to cleaning the Gowanus Canal, and other polluted waters in the U.S.

Have decades of protection allowed the endangered humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) to recover? That's the question asked this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The public testing project will gather data on detectable levels of the weed-killer glyphosate in drinking water, human urine and breast milk

Mass deaths likely stemmed from the BP spill in 2010, researchers say

The latest temperature readings from Antarctica are giving the world pause, along with the finding that 70 percent of the western Antarctic ice shelf has melted.

Editor's Note: "The Richest Reef" follows members of a scientific dive team as they attempt to pinpoint the center of the most biologically diverse marine ecosystem in the world.