Wild dolphins use sea sponges as tools to hunt safely, revealing how animal culture survives despite hidden sensory costs.

Microbiologist Detmer Sipkema has been awarded an ENW-M grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for innovative, ...

University of Rhode Island assistant professor Che-Wei Chang will use a newly awarded US Science Foundation grant to study how plants can blunt coastal erosion ...

Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges ...

The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water ...

Scientists say 'water bankruptcy' captures a reality where natural systems can no longer recover, and where old approaches to water use no longer work.

Yearslong work to transform a former salt pond into a tidal marsh is wrapping up this month just north of Mountain View's Shoreline Park.

Years of civil war have turned whole areas of the city into rows of empty husks. But after the fall of Assad, Syrians have returned to their old homes determined to rebuild ...

SINGAPORE – Singapore is playing its part to help restore order to what is known as the world’s largest crime scene – the ...

Discover the tiny Florida town where Greek food rules the table, from flaky spanakopita to charred octopus, with must-visit ...

A hidden body of fresh water, vast enough to rival an entire region, lies buried beneath the Atlantic Ocean and holds enough ...

Floods in Sri Lanka are often treated as downstream problems, to be managed at river mouths, river basins, embankments, or ...