Ecology

Thousands of usually solitary octopuses gather to brood eggs in a special spot off California

Minuscule amounts of uranium detected in the shells of turtles point to a new way to track such materials’ impacts on people and ecosystems

New habitats that are emerging as mountain glaciers melt away represent huge ecological shifts and present new challenges for conservation

Apothecaries founded this famous garden—one of the most ancient botanical gardens in Europe—to teach their students which plants poison and which plants cure. 

An expedition using a deep-sea remotely operated vehicle has uncovered a hidden underground ecosystem below hydrothermal vents on the seafloor

Researchers set out to calculate how much of Earth’s life dwells in the planet’s least admired environment

Atmospheric carbon is a currency that plants use to “buy” nutrients from fungi in the soil. To find out where this economy will go next, the devil is in the details. And the details are in the dirt.

Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve been devaluing their currency.

New research has discovered that wildfire smoke hurts these primates’ voice—and health.

Elated researchers watched baby octopuses hatch en masse near Pacific Ocean hydrothermal vents

Smart, adaptable and loud, parrots are thriving in cities far outside their native ranges

As “zombie” fires become more common, new research shows they arise from an unexpected source