The young are likely to defer having children. We will need more veterinarians for their companion animals, and others dedicated to preventing the extinction of ever-more endangered species, as well ...
More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume ...
Protecting individual animals matters, but when healthy populations are able to fulfil their ecological roles, the benefits ...
MAKOKO, Nigeria — Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Riding on the vessels are giant cardboard ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. New research analyzing more than 3,000 tropical forest sites reveals that areas with fewer seed-dispersing animals store up to four times less ...
Earth’s climate has always naturally cycled through change, caused by how much of the sun’s energy was absorbed by the atmosphere. In fact over the past 650,000 years, the Earth has gone through seven ...
This year is not a particularly white Christmas. Across the United States, families are gathering to enjoy a walk on a warm, sunny day. The fingerprints of climate change are all over the 2025 holiday ...
Even as autumn days grow shorter, a warming climate means Ohio winters aren't as cold as they were just a few decades ago, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data. This ...
This year is not a particularly white Christmas. Across the United States, families are gathering to enjoy a walk on a warm, sunny day. The fingerprints of climate change are all over the 2025 holiday ...
A tiny flying fox, cheery yellow warbler, and freshwater mosquitofish recently lost protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, and not for good reason. They’d been declared extinct. They are ...