Dried plant specimens reveal the origin of an insect pest that has spread throughout Europe.
Dried plant specimens reveal the origin of an insect pest that has spread throughout Europe.
Ecosystems are failing and extinction rates are soaring. Thomas E. Lovejoy and Edward O. Wilson weigh in on why cataloging existing species, discovering new ones, and maintaining a balanced and diverse global ecosystem are critical for ensuring a habitable environment for all.
Even highly diluted crude oil can impact fish in the marshes bordering the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Wangari Maathai, a human rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, started a movement to plant more than 30 million trees and generate nearly 1 million jobs.
Researchers find that sampling DNA from the soil can be an effective way to determine how many individuals of a variety of species inhabit a particular area.
A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
A psychologist whose splashy findings on human nature routinely made the news has been dismissed for falsifying data.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in ecology, from Faculty of 1000
Biologists and conservationists are too eager to demonize non-native species.
A shorebird flies into the teeth of the massive hurricane that hit the US East Coast…and lives to tell about it.