World crosses first major climate tipping point with coral reef collapse - Scientists warn coral ecosystems, on which nearly ...

The dairy industry has been plagued by a persistent global problem for decades – bacterial infection of cow udders that ...

Europe ’s wild bees and butterflies are facing an escalating extinction crisis, a new conservation assessment has warned, ...

The strong nuclear force may abruptly loosen its grip on the fundamental particles that make up matter at a special “critical ...

While some bugs have evolved the ability to detect these comparatively low-frequency ultrasound triangulations, birds have ...

We could see a mass extinction event, an existential threat to multicellular life as we know it. Effective biocontainment, ...

More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

But what if human remains could be as nonthreatening as a nice bag of garden soil or a peaceful woodland hike? It might not ...

Researchers have cracked the code behind how plants make mitraphylline, a rare cancer-fighting molecule. Their discovery of ...

Wolves and dogs don’t normally breed in the wild, largely because wolves are so territorial. But an exception has been found.

One bright spot is green sea turtles, which have recovered substantially, the IUCN said as it released its latest Red List of ...

Pandemics will emerge more often, spread faster, cost more and kill more people than COVID-19 without bold action to halt the habitat destruction that helps viruses hop from wildlife to humans, ...