Ichthyornis dispar holds a key position in the evolutionary trail that leads from dinosaurian species to today's avians

The team braved second-degree burns, sulfuric acid fumes, and the threat of eruptions to collect samples of water

Climate change has been marked by a persistent, if uneven, increase in global temperatures through time

Spam-filtering algorithm learns to recognize full set of behaviors in jelly-like Hydra

This work is in line with other recent findings that chemical emissions from personal care products can contribute significantly to urban air pollution

By working directly with consumers and citizen scientists, the project is designed to increase public awareness of lead in water and plumbing on a national scale

Researchers used a variety of climate-change scenarios to project the impact of sea-level rise and wave-driven flooding on atoll infrastructure and freshwater availability

The team reported that sunlight changes oil into different compounds that dispersants cannot easily break up

New research has found that the nesting environment of turtles in agricultural habitats, which can ultimately lower nesting temperatures, can produce more males

The global demographic and economic trends that have resulted in unprecedented destruction of the environment are now creating the necessary conditions for a possible renaissance of nature, paper says

Researchers had expected the level of damage would rise depending on the amount of logging and were surprised to discover the impact of removing relatively few trees

Harvey, one of the costliest storms in US history, hit southeast Texas on 25 August 2017 causing unprecedented flooding and killing dozens