Rivers support billions of people but are among the least protected parts of nature. A major review shows what needs to be done as climate change accelerates.
A key characteristic of modern human society is rapid urbanization, a process that can reshape natural environments and disrupt the habitats of many organisms. One widespread byproduct of urbanization ...
How do plants adapt to drought and heat? New studies on plants of the Canary Islands show that adaptation is not determined by a single character but by the interaction of entire sets of characters.
Constipation is often treated as a simple plumbing problem, too little movement, too much delay. But emerging research ...
Why do some people seem endlessly curious—drawn to new ideas, places, and experiences—while others prefer the comfort of the familiar? We often think of curiosity as a stable personality trait, part ...
Extending the legacy of his predecessors who championed environmental responsibility as a core tenet of Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIV said that caring for creation "represents a true vocation ...
From bee science to understanding the impact of a warming world on plant life, here’s what the Ecosystems Mission Area does. By Rebecca Dzombak The Trump administration’s proposed budget for 2026 ends ...
A new study led by an ecology and evolutionary biologist at UC Santa Cruz finds that temperature changes due to climate change have a doubly detrimental impact: Not only do they destabilize animal ...