
Life
Explainer: What is an endangered species?
Threats such as climate change and habitat loss can put species at risk of going extinct. Different words describe that risk.
Threats such as climate change and habitat loss can put species at risk of going extinct. Different words describe that risk.
Restoring the missing species can help undo human-caused problems by aiding forests, slowing climate change and reducing wildfires.
Middle-grade campers team up with ecologists at Denver University to show that streetlights boost the growth of a reviled invasive species.
Pikas endure bone-chilling cold on the Tibetan Plateau by using little energy and fueling up on yak poop.
Snared in sticky webs and subdued by poison, even venomous snakes can become a spider’s soup.
Urchins are important herbivores — but not strict vegetarians. When hungry enough, they may even rip apart their predators for lunch.
Some 95 percent of kelp forests along its northern coast are gone. Meanwhile, sea otters are helping slow the loss of surviving kelp farther south.
Lakes in northern climes are getting warmer, and that’s not good for people, plants or animals.
New research identifies an altered mix of microbes in the body — ones commonly seen in people with poor diets — that may worsen coronavirus disease.
For years, researchers thought gooey, dying starfish were infected. Instead, these sea stars are suffocating. And bacteria may be behind it all.