Dec. 18, 2024 — The phytoplankton that populate oceans are known to play a key role in marine ecosystems and climate regulation. Like terrestrial plants, they store atmospheric CO2, and produce ...

The Ganges dolphin is an indicator species, whose status provides information on the overall condition of the ecosystem and ...

The growing conflict between humans and water snakes in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake has reached a critical point, threatening ...

Introduced species such as the African and redtail catfish pose risks that are ultimately harmful to the ecology of ...

Lake Enigma was thought to be frozen right through, since it's in Antarctica's Northern Foothills, nestled between Amorphous ...

A rainfrog, an amphibious mouse, and a “blob-headed” fish are only some of the 27 new species discovered deep Peru’s Amazon ...

The Okefenokee Swamp isn't the only place to witness an alligator in Georgia. Here are the best places to see them in the ...

Andy Vargas put on his diving fins and his snorkel and jumped into the cold water off the coast of Santa Barbara’s Butterfly Beach. The waves crashed on rocky cliffs, and from above the surface, he ...

While they won’t be pulling Santa’s sleigh anytime soon, Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) objectively could win a North Pole cuteness contest. This subspeci ...

New research shows that overfishing has halved the populations of sharks and rays, triggering a loss of ecological functions and increasing extinction risk.

Groundwater plays an important role in sustaining aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, such as springs, wetlands, rivers and vegetation. Understanding these groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) is ...