Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally ...

When sunlight hits clouds or other atmospheric particles, it scatters and becomes diffuse light. Unlike direct sunlight, ...

Virginia needs data to determine how menhaden fishing affects the Chesapeake Bay’s health, the Virginia Saltwater ...

The invasive Burmese pythons plaguing Florida have an almost supernatural ability to absorb skeletons and scientists say they ...

Within the complex hierarchy of marine ecosystems, giant viruses are now being recognized as novel drivers of both ecological ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Study commissioned by lawmakers is silent on whether the state should ban shrimp trawling. But it urges changes in how North ...

A study released by UCLA on Monday suggests that the world's heat waves are not only increasing in frequency but getting ...

Microplastics – pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters – were found in 55 juvenile northern hogsucker fish in tributaries of the Cheat, Ohio and Monongahela Rivers.

Wild honeybees in Southern California are devouring the food supplies of native pollinators — posing a potential threat to the region’s natural ecosystems, a new study has found. These feral ...

The study team used drone surveys and in-water observations to monitor 20 reef sections at the island’s northern and southern ends. Bleaching had affected an average of 96 per cent of living coral. By ...