While some microbes can cause diseases, many play essential roles in processes such as growing food and the production of oxygen.

For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands of years — returned to the ...

The Portuguese man o’ war’s reputation as one of the world’s most feared jellyfish is a complete myth – because it isn’t a ...

A first-of-its-kind global assessment has revealed 603 wild animals plus five livestock taxa that do more than just inhabit the Earth – they shape it. These “animal architects” literally move their ...

Salinity has been an enemy of agriculture for millennia because even though many crops can withstand low to moderate salt ...

In a world where natural habitats, unhindered by human interference, are rapidly shrinking, wetlands serve as laboratories of study—of ecosystems, conservation and climate resilience ...

Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world—they are its architects. A new study led by Professor Gemma Harvey from ...

In the oil-rich Permian Basin, the dunes sagebrush lizard faces extinction. Will Donald Trump finally do it in?

Of course, you get the stunning beauty and sense of solitude and space which only the plains and mountains of the Karoo can ...

The culling of the illegally released pigs has caused outcry with hundreds of people questioning why they could not be ...

While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study shows that -- after more than two decades -- biodiversity growth has stalled in restored Danish wetlands.

While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study from the University of ...