Killer whale diet diversity and social learning affect survival. Understanding it is key to conservation efforts.

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Conservationists in Latin America, home to some of the most important ecosystems in the world, are persisting in their ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

This article explores how innovative technologies—such as interactive 3D mapping, augmented reality (AR), and immersive media ...

Curbing the carbon footprint of what we eat won’t require an agricultural revolution. It's already happening in farms and ...

The amazing ability that shrimp and other creatures, in both land and sea, have for finding their way back is known as homing ...

First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils — using underground ...

Researchers have linked the largest mass extinction event, which occurred 252 million years ago during the Permian-Triassic ...

A team of scientists have discovered that the Salar de Atacama in Chile — which contains a large part of the world's reserves ...

Long-lasting, widespread heat and weather extremes may have caused the Great Dying extinction event 252 million years ago.