In an increasingly connected world, rare earth metals with odd names such as lanthanum, cerium and yttrium have become ...

Single-cell plants called phytoplankton have a surprising way of remembering conditions in the past to help jump-start their ...

Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment. It considers processes that occur at the population, community and ecosystem levels and has a particular focus ...

Researchers led by Dr. Xu Mingkai from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have identified a ...

An established body of theory exists for plant and animal ecology but the differences between microorganisms and 'large' organisms, and the extent to which these differences restrict the ...

Driving along the Stuart Highway from Tennant Creek to Katherine in Australia's Northern Territory, you might be more aware ...

Mercury contamination is surfacing as a serious concern in parts of Georgia and South Carolina, particularly in regions like the Okefenokee Swamp. University of Georgia researchers found alarmingly ...

Reef "beauty salons" staffed by tiny cleaner fish aren t just for parasite removal they may also shape the microbial life of ...

The plan, released on the website of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, requires authorities to conduct ecological ...

When we think of evolution, we think of slow, gradual changes in animal and plant species over millions, perhaps even ...

Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off ...

Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of adaptation of organisms to the marine environment. Special emphasis is on biological responses to temperature, salinity, carbon dioxide, pH and bicarbonate ...