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A canopy crane in the forest in Gutianshan National Nature Reserve. Photo courtesy of Lei Chen.

Beneficial and harmful fungi are at the root of forest diversity

Jack J. Lee 28 Nov 2019
A yaws-infected adult gorilla with red lesions mainly located on its face. Photo by Céline Genton/Université de Rennes 1

Female gorillas recognize and respond to contagious disease

Lara Streiff 25 Nov 2019
The reed frog (Hyperolius molleri) is endemic to the island of São Tomé off the coast of Central Africa and was one of the species sampled in the study. Photo by Andrew Stanbridge

Rapid genetic test traces spread of fungus that kills frogs, reveals new strain in Southeast Asia

Jonathan Wosen 25 Nov 2019
Camera trap image of a pangolin foraging at night in South Sudan. Credit: Bucknell University/Fauna and Flora International

Pangolins are a victim of political instability in South Sudan

Ashleigh Papp 21 Nov 2019
Chickadee perches. Photo by Doug Tallamy of the University of Delaware.

Gardens with too many nonnative plants threaten populations of insect-eating birds, study finds

Hannah Hagemann 26 Dec 2018
Sumatran partridge (Arborophila sumatrana), endemic to the island of Sumatra, no longer survives outside protected areas, according to researchers. Photo by Roland Wirth

Ground-feeding birds in Southeast Asia may be going extinct outside protected areas

Priyanka Runwal 10 Dec 2018
Rainforest on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula. Photo by Rhett Butler.

Secondary forests in Costa Rica are re-cleared within decades

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega 7 Dec 2018
An indri (Indri indri), another critically endangered lemur that lives in Makira Natural Park. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

As the mammal tree of life suffers hits, should we prioritize which species to save?

Erika K. Carlson 6 Dec 2018

Tiny bits of ocean plastic threaten the survival of sea turtle hatchlings

Katie Brown 5 Dec 2018
Rose-ringed parakeets seized from the parrot trade in Senegal. Photo courtesy of Davide de Guz/World Parrot Trust

Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa

Erin I. Garcia de Jesus 5 Dec 2018
Beijing smog as seen from the China World Hotel, March 2003, during the SARS outbreak. Photo by Kevin Dooley.

Mosses could help rapidly detect pollution

Bailey Bedford 5 Dec 2018

Bits of DNA in ocean water can reveal white sharks swimming nearby

Sofie Bates 4 Dec 2018

Guam’s invasive bird-destroying snake less unique than thought

Helen Santoro 3 Dec 2018
Handroanthus guayacan tree in full bloom.

Tropical trees grow most easily where they are rare

Tom Garlinghouse 3 Dec 2018
Chrysops fly. Courtesy of PX Here.

Light pollution lures nighttime pollinators away from plants

Annie Roth 13 Dec 2017
Geographer Tom Smith talks with the Baka in Somalomo village in South Cameroon. Photo by: Trevon Fuller.

Waning plantain yields in rural Cameroon hurt college attendance

Anna Katrina Hunter 7 Dec 2017
Grass-fed beef production generates more greenhouse gas than using feedlots. Photo by Scott Bauer.

Raising beef cattle on grass can create a higher carbon footprint than feedlots, new study suggests

Kimberly Hickok 5 Dec 2017
A herd of capybara, the world’s largest living rodents, go for a swim in Colombia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Mammal diversity may increase carbon storage in rainforests

Jennifer Leman 5 Dec 2017
2. A pink river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) leaps from the Samiria River in northeastern Peru. These dolphins, along with scores of fish and crocodilians, suffered from an intense drought in 2010, but most recovered during extreme floods between 2011 and 2015. Photo courtesy of Richard Bodmer and FundAmazonia.

Extreme seasonal changes in Amazon river levels threaten forest conservation by indigenous people

Jeremy Rehm 4 Dec 2017
Hippos have large curved canine teeth and a pair of huge incisors in the lower jaw. Credit: Peripitus via Creative Commons (CC- BY-SA-3.0)

The curious case of the phantom hippo teeth

Laura G. Shields 4 Dec 2017

Plastic in the ocean smells like junk food to hungry anchovies

Vicky Stein 29 Nov 2017
The Maasai people in Kenya pass down environmental knowledge through storytelling. Photo courtesy of Joan de la Malla.

Storytelling empowers indigenous people to conserve their environments

Nicoletta Lanese 27 Nov 2017

Long-term droughts are throttling growth in Hawaiian forests, finds airborne laser-based study

Alex Fox 27 Nov 2017

Distinctive sperm whale cultures reveal dramatic population shifts in the Galápagos

Yasemin Saplakoglu 23 Nov 2016

Female chimpanzees wait for their turn at the top of the social pecking order

Aylin Woodward 23 Nov 2016

Small-scale farming threatens rainforests in Sumatra

Devika Garg Bansal 22 Nov 2016

Humpback whales learn habitat loyalty from their mothers, Alaskan study shows

Teresa L. Carey 22 Nov 2016

Over-fertilization diminishes the biodiversity of global grasslands

Emma Hiolski 21 Nov 2016

Yosemite’s yellow-legged frogs bounce back from near extinction

Ula Chrobak 21 Nov 2016

Large branches fall from the western Amazon rainforest canopy at a surprising rate

Sarah McQuate 18 Nov 2016

The beloved Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are at risk of extinction from avian malaria

Sarah Derouin 18 Nov 2016

Elusive elephants: Determining where 19th century ivory trade victims roamed

Sukee Bennett 17 Nov 2016

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