A volcanic island in Iceland revealed that birds, not wind, brought the first plants. This changes what we know about how ...

When the volcanic island of Surtsey rose from the North Atlantic Ocean in 1963, it offered scientists a once-in-a-lifetime ...

White storks migrating to Northern Europe nest up to a week earlier in warm weather, exposing them to extreme storms and threatening the survival of their chicks. Staple crops like barley, maize, rice ...

Mammal and bird losses cut a plant’s ability to adapt to global climate change by 60 percent. Pictured: Cedar waxwing Andrew C via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 Half of all plant species rely on ...

Climate change is rapidly altering our environment—and posing major challenges for many animal species. Whether they can ...

A new study from Iceland’s Surtsey island shows that birds carried most of the plants that colonised the island, overturning ...

As climate change accelerates, plants face mounting pressure to adapt to shifting ecosystems and environmental conditions.

Scientists warn that, as oceans rise, plants and animals with nowhere to go could experience the same fate as the Bramble Cay ...

The world’s largest network of environmental groups approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid in the ...

A common question throughout anthropology is, what makes us human? There are, of course, a million physical and cultural traits that make us human, and one of these traits is the variation in the ...

Plants are usually thought of as static and inert, but nature is full of surprises. Some plants have evolved amazing ...