Extinction is an overwhelming concept, difficult to grasp in its enormity and finality. Thousands of species are barreling ...

Invasive spotted lanternflies have hit the Washington, D.C., region and spread to 12 states across the United States. While ...

Scientists are tracking the spread of beech leaf disease through Vermont's forests. The disease, caused by a microscopic ...

Near the bottom of a shady hillside in Jericho, a lone beech tree stretches high into the canopy, a relic of a bygone forest.

Of the 26 scat samples that yielded DNA, the method was able to correctly identify individual foxes with an accuracy of 94.5–99.5% when comparing multiple samples from the same animal. The technique ...

Bacteriologist and parasitologist Michelle Jakaitis uses a microscope to view a training sample of veligers, which are the ...

As their numbers continue to climb, here are ways to combat the growing population of these invasive pests: ...

Scientific research and personal experiences are shaping our understanding of fish and invertebrate minds. Are we ready to ...

The South Rim Fire at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park continues to burn weeks after it started from lightning ...

A frog croaks from a walking trail. A hiker snaps a photo and uploads it to iNaturalist. That single act—one person, one ...

Through luck or (hopefully) genetics, this mighty tree has avoided contracting beech bark disease—a fatal fungal pathogen ...

The Burmese python, a non native species to Florida, was first recorded in the Sunshine State in the 1990s. Its exact ...