Environmental Protection
The world’s largest ape once went extinct. Knowing why can inform conservation today
With the threat of a sixth mass extinction looming, there is an urgent need to understand why species go extinct.
Ancient Roman wine production may hold clues for battling climate change
Their vineyards looked very different from today's landscape of rolling hillsides with rows of tightly spaced vines.
Honey yields have long been on the decline. Scientists now know why
The findings can enable beekeepers to predict honey yields and plant growers to understand pollination services.
Coast redwood trees are adaptable marvels in a warming world
Redwoods, like all trees, are engineered marvels that thrive in a narrow strip of land in the US's Pacific Northwest.
We may be hard-wired by evolution to fail in the face of global climate change
Human evolution is mostly driven by cultural change, which is faster than genetic evolution.
People have been driving great numbers of birds extinct for millennia
As many as 1,430 bird species, or nearly 12% of avian species, have gone extinct since the Late Pleistocene.