A collaborative research team lead by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently revealed that rotifers, a kind of microscopic zooplankton common in both fresh and ocean water around the world, are able to chew apart microplastics, breaking them

Some barnacles are 'morphing' to protect themselves from predatory warm-water sea snails, which are expanding into their territory due to climate change.

Lightning is the dominant cause of wildfire ignition in boreal forests -- areas of global importance for carbon storage -- and will increase in frequency with climate change, according to new research.

Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers to feed their chicks, new research shows.

An analysis of beeswax in managed honeybee hives in New York found a wide variety of pesticide, herbicide and fungicide residues -- exposing current and future generations of bees to long-term toxicity.

Most birds that flit through dense, leafy forests have a strategy for maneuvering through tight windows in the vegetation -- they bend their wings at the wrist or elbow and barrel through.

When floods are predicted only on the basis of local data, there may be unpleasant surprises. A new method makes it possible to significantly improve predictions -- using international data from hydrologically similar areas.

With help from an experienced underwater cave-diving team, Northwestern University researchers have constructed the most complete map to date of the microbial communities living in the submerged labyrinths beneath Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

In a new textbook published November 10, 2023, The World of Sea Cucumber, a team of researchers, including Nagoya University professor Manabu Bessho-Uehara, takes us deep into the watery world of sea cucumbers and reveals their ability to emit li

Ozone (O₃) in the troposphere negatively impacts crop growth and development, causing significant decreases in crop yield worldwide. This airborne pollutant does not come directly from smokestacks or vehicles, but instead is formed when other p

The way ice forms is a lot more interesting than you think. This basic physical process, among the most common in nature, also remains somewhat mysterious despite decades of scientific scrutiny.

A Griffith-led study on the influence of pollution on the sex ratio of clutches of green sea turtles has found that it may compound the female-biasing influence of rising global temperatures.