
Ecosystems
Can people protect as much space as nature needs?
To save biodiversity, nations are drafting a plan to protect 30 percent of Earth by 2030. Up for debate is how best to do that.
To save biodiversity, nations are drafting a plan to protect 30 percent of Earth by 2030. Up for debate is how best to do that.
Human activities around the world are threatening bird species. Numbers of even some of the most common species are starting to fall.
Evolution is how species change over time. Individuals in the group vary, and some will pass on their genes. Over time, the whole species changes.
When endangered Hainan gibbons started making risky leaps across an area mowed down by a landslide, researchers provided them a rope bridge.
These bad-news invaders are spreading across the United States. As they turn forest debris into bare ground, soils and ecosystems are changing.
Researchers are beginning to uncover the real-world impacts of polluting microplastic bits on animals and the ecosystems they inhabit.
As climate change spurs forest tree growth, it also shortens trees’ lives. That results in a quicker release of climate-warming carbon back into the atmosphere.
When a whale dies and sinks to the seafloor, it becomes a feast for hundreds of different types of creatures.
Deserts are ecosystems that get less than 250 millimeters (10 inches) of precipitation per year.
Scientists found an injured baby bird in a nest they were studying. The culprit wasn’t another bird or a reptile. It was a wasp.