Atmospheric carbon is a currency that plants use to “buy” nutrients from fungi in the soil. To find out where this economy will go next, the devil is in the details. And the details are in the dirt...
Like us, plants and fungi have complex economies. By burning fossil fuels, we’ve been devaluing their currency.
As “zombie” fires become more common, new research shows they arise from an unexpected source
New research has discovered that wildfire smoke hurts these primates’ voice—and health.
Elated researchers watched baby octopuses hatch en masse near Pacific Ocean hydrothermal vents
Humans prey on more vertebrate species for use as pets and in medicine and other products than we do for food
It turns out there are two species of mysterious, venomous pygmy lorises
Smart, adaptable and loud, parrots are thriving in cities far outside their native ranges
Experts explain why tick-borne illnesses are increasing in the U.S. and offer tips to prevent bites
The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam threatens both agriculture and nature reserves, a Ukrainian conservationist says
The most comprehensive census yet of the hippos in Colombia that are descended from several imported by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar reveals that there could be twice as many of the invasive animals as previous estimates indicated...
Southern Ocean phytoplankton help to brighten Earth’s clouds
A new study found more than 5,000 new species in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a mineral-rich area of seafloor that companies aim to mine for critical materials
Efforts to eradicate invasive rats that have decimated native species on islands around the world are beginning to bear fruit
Unregulated wild animal markets increase the risk of more epidemics
Carpets of gold, burrowing toads and fairy shrimp all depend on vernal pools—habitats that, most of the time, do not exist.
Vernal pools are home to spectacular residents such as fairy shrimp, but these unusual natural wonders are under threat.
For leopards to survive, we must learn to live with them
A volatile compound makes nematodes food for oyster mushrooms
Birds are heading north before their insect prey emerge. Bees are missing out on early blossoms. Ticks and other pests have more time to feast and spread disease
