Ecologists don't agree on what makes for the healthiest lawn. And restoring biodiversity requires more than doing less.

Together, they have built a six-legged robot called the Space Capable Asteroid Robotic Explorer, or SCAR-E. Designed to ...

FDA approval is hamstrung by a law that requires animal testing. Meanwhile, newer chemical filters are in use worldwide.

Researchers smashed an asteroid with a spacecraft. From the aftermath, they are learning how to better protect Earth.

A new study suggests that scientists should be honest with the public about what they know, what they don't, and why.

Some sika deer are part of a millennium-old genetic lineage sacred to Shintoism. Are they more deserving of protection?

The town of Seagraves sits on the high plains of West Texas, not far from the New Mexico border. Nearby, water pumped from the Ogallala Aquifer irrigates fields of peanuts and cotton. Dissolved in ...

In “The Internet of Animals,” Martin Wikelski highlights what humans can learn from the inner lives of creatures great and ...