Ecology

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.

On Earth Day, four climate trends reveal what's happening to our changing climate

The nation's biggest forest thinning project moves ahead in Arizona

The biggest waves seen in northern sea ice show how this vital cover can be crushed much faster than expected
 

Islands and shorelines remain spoiled, waiting for cleanup money

The 408 residents of Tuntutuliak Alaska, live at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River, 450 miles west of Anchorage over a mountain range and across a seemingly endless and treeless rolling tundra plain.