Airguns underwater are doing a number on organisms at the bottom of the food chain

Scientists are racing to understand how the relationship between forests and fire is changing on a warming planet

Mink are prone to carrying diseases and people are advised to avoid them

First wolves and now bears are under attack from lawmakers. Why can't we protect animals we fear?

The species diversifies plant life, and its extinction would vastly transform the landscape of Africa

Half of all drivers have been banned from the road as the city's toxic smog worsens

Rising glacier melt is actually decreasing the amount of water flowing through rivers

He's been lionized as a prescient Marxist prophet of end-of-the-continent doom and gloom. But a growing number of critics charge that the author of "City of Quartz" has feet of clay.

How drying water bodies are creating a positive feedback loop for carbon in the atmosphere

Scientists call for careful consideration of habitat disruption amid accelerating renewable energy development

Humanity’s firestarting ways are causing fires to burn at unnatural times and in unnatural places

The Industrial Revolution spelled doom for Peru's finest organic fertilizer. But bird dung will fly again!

"He had been battling depression for some time," says his sister, Freida Hughes.

Part of a tunnel containing rail cars full of nuclear waste has collapsed, leaving hundreds of workers in danger

Farmers in the Philippines are protesting genetically modified "Golden Rice"