Climate Change

On an ordinary walk around Big Bend National Park, a park ranger and volunteer made a rare scientific discovery: an entirely new kind of plant.

When it comes to restoring land and preventing wildfires, animals like pangolins, beavers, and elephants have a lot to offer. Can helping them help us?

Scientists compiled decades of data to reveal the continent hiding beneath millions of miles of ice.

In the Florida Keys, a marine biologist discovered a bit of debris that had become a cephalopod dwelling.

The Succulent Karoo is home to desert plant species found nowhere else on the planet—criminal networks have been digging them up by the millions.

Sweet with notes of pine and ocean, the unique delight is under threat.

In an era of collapse, a fabled fish keeps coming back to the Nisg̱a’a nation.

This tiny, fuzzy sunflower relative has been hiding in plain sight—it represents the first new genus identified in a U.S. national park in nearly 50 years.

A recent baby bust has scientists alarmed—it's a bad sign for the future of a reef that's already struggling.

In California, deep-diving marine mammals help scientists count how many fish live in the ocean's twilight zone.

Cacique Cobra Coral is often tapped by officials to keep weather from ruining important events.

Scientists taking samples from the Parisian river didn't expect to find traces of shellfish that had all but disappeared from France.

New research shows that climate change is giving urban rats a boost, especially in Washington, D.C.

Wide swings in winter temperature delay ice formation on Midwest lakes, turning a beloved pastime into a dangerous game.

From fleeing mountain lions to scorched soil, the aftermath of intense fires shows an ecosystem transformed.

Protecting sensitive habitats and cultural resources from the smoke and flames is part of the job too.

Powerful seasonal winds combined with drought-starved vegetation have made the Palisades Fire one of the worst in California history.

Recently discovered in the Solomon Islands, the mega coral is likely centuries old.