People are a major cause of the devastating loss of biodiversity across all areas of the world and all types of organisms. The study was done by researchers at the Swiss Federal I ...

Artificial light pollution can promote the growth of toxic algal blooms, including cyanobacteria, disrupting freshwater ...

If an experiment is repeated under similar conditions, the results should be the same. In reality, the situation is often ...

Hidden beyond the rush of Pacific Coast Highway, the Malibu Lagoon is a breathtaking sanctuary teeming with migratory birds, rare fish and vibrant plant species. But beneath its serene surface, this ...

Mindy Weisberger’s book, Rise of the Zombie Bugs, explores the sophisticated—and macabre—relationships between zombifying ...

Recent findings suggest that light pollution can affect lakes including producing toxic algae and altering carbon cycling.

Understanding how genes influence complex behaviors remains one of biology's most fascinating challenges. Now, however, in a recent study, researchers have compiled a comprehensive dataset documenting ...

A new DNA probes allow for efficient surveying of the hidden lives of squids and octopuses in the deep sea. This development ...

Forest ecology is the study of all aspects of the ecology of wooded areas, including rainforest, deciduous and evergreen, temperate and boreal forest. It includes the community ecology of the ...

The dormant algae cells remained buried at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for thousands of years, and made a full recovery once ...

This breakthrough reveals that life as we know it, particularly symbiotic organisms like lichens, might be far more adaptable than previously thought, reshaping ideas about what kinds of life could ...