
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.
Instead of warming the climate, methane gas can be collected to help farmers. Along the way, it may also save some fish.
These foreign organisms hitchhike, spread widely and stir up trouble in native ecosystems.
Restoring the missing species can help undo human-caused problems by aiding forests, slowing climate change and reducing wildfires.
Migratory birds are getting smaller as temperatures climb, studies had showed. New evidence shows dozens of tropical, nonmigratory species are, too.
Borrowing from genetics, scientists are creating plastics that will degrade. They can even choose how quickly these materials break down.
Middle-grade campers team up with ecologists at Denver University to show that streetlights boost the growth of a reviled invasive species.
They also could also help coastal residents mine fresh water from salty sources.
An extra bonus: These rainy-day ponds clean up that dirty water running off parking lots.
Climate change may make these not-quite-dead blazes more common. Scientists are learning to predict where a zombie might emerge.