What happens when Yellowstone —adapted to recurring fires every 100 to 300 years—instead burns twice in fewer than 30 years?

Researchers at the Smithsonian Institute have proposed a "demographic safe space" for Asian elephants to improve conservation

A team of researchers has produced a record-shattering underwater sound with an intensity that eclipses that of a rocket launch

Researchers have compared the degradation of different plastic bags in three natural environments over a three-year period

Cornell geoscientists have discovered the first direct evidence that material from deep within Earth’s mantle transition zone can percolate to the surface to form volcanoes

A recent study has detected new potential threats in waters near Cleveland, Ohio

First-ever global assessment of the location and extent of the planet’s remaining free-flowing rivers highlights severe degradation

Discovery illuminates how bacteria turn methane gas into liquid methanol

A new study finds the first evidence of radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests in muscle tissues of crustaceans that inhabit Earth’s ocean trenches

Computer model and field experiment data suggest a new link between subsurface injections and earthquake swarms

A mathematical model is being used to study the impact of heavy rainfall events on the transmission of vector-borne infectious diseases in temperate areas of the world

The IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is the most comprehensive ever completed