On an early winter day in 1973, a helicopter buzzed over Durham, New Hampshire, just a few miles from the Atlantic Ocean. One of the helicopter’s guests, oil magnate Aristotle Onassis, owner of Olympic Refining, looked east...
Northwest Arkansas has seen an economic, industrial, and population boom in recent years as a result of expanding businesses, which have created thousands of jobs in the region and the mass migration of employees and construction companies....
Hiram College in Ohio is notable for its stream restoration work and exceptional student-driven programs
Woodrats find it harder to process creosote plants at higher temperatures. A tipping point seems to exist above which they will find it tough to thrive.
Climate change, as its effects are currently felt, aren’t so bad for snowshoe hares. But in the future, these animals that rely on long periods of winter to determine when they should switch from white fur to...
Argentinian-led researchers find that amphibian embryos, of the Rhinella arenarum toad, can adjust pH to make conditions better for their survival.
Phytoplankton, very small marine plants that both aid the ocean in taking up atmospheric carbon dioxide and provide the base for the marine food web, are naturally quite variable in their biology. According to a release from...
Washington State scientists use GIS data, hydrography maps in an ongoing attempt to encourage connection of riparian corridors and help species flourish.
An investigation led by the U.S. Geological Survey predicts shrinking habitats are in store for Alaskan mammal species.
Native predators benefit by supplementing their diets with invasive prey species, say Ohio State scientists, but only when native prey remains abundant.
A recent bioblitz at Colorado State University’s Mountain Campus uncovered 270 unique species that call the surrounding area home, according to a release. A bioblitz is a quick inventory of all the species living in one region,...
A study led by scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, finds that ecotourism — often meant to help conservation efforts — could actually harm animals that tourists are looking to protect, according to a release....
Predators need prey, and highly adaptable predators can easily adjust from one type of prey to another. Unfortunately, their choices in prey can throw ecosystems that support them out of balance, a new study from Linkōping Universitet...
Although many scientists have documented changes in species all over the planet due to global warming, not many have turned their attention to changes in butterflies, another species discovered to be sensitive to climate change. But according...
A group of student researchers has completed an analysis that could one day serve as a basis for a larger discovery on sea star wasting disease.
Only 10 percent of the 33 million tons of plastic waste produced by the U.S. each year is ever recycled, meaning most of it remains to clutter up the planet. Some of it is also considered to...
Researchers are digging sea turtles’ strong nesting season this year, according to the Associated Press. Scientists spent the summer watching over 570 giant loggerhead sea turtle nests along the Georgia coast, where they counted a record number....
Ohio State scientists study how African cichlids respond to environmental changes by sampling streams in Uganda and conducting research in their lab.
Not sure what plant or animal you’re looking at? There’s an app for that! Lookup Life, according to a Treehugger post, will help users identify the plants and animals they encounter. Lookup Life, from the makers of...
Monitored seabird populations all over the Earth have declined 70 percent, according to a recent University of British Columbia press release. Because seabirds are an especially good indicator of how entire marine environment food webs are doing,...