Shrimp Shell Slurry to the Rescue?News 06.26.2026A new, multistep chemical process can turn bits of organic waste into “carbon-negative” fuel, food, and construction material.
No One Knows How to Handle Nurdle SpillsNews 06.11.2026A year after a shipwreck flooded India’s beaches with tiny plastic pieces, scientists fear the environmental damage has just begun.
Singing Teachers for HoneyeatersNews 03.13.2026Scientists have saved the song of a critically endangered Australian bird by recruiting wild males to tutor zoo-born babies.
How “Fire Fungi” Help Put Burnt Landscapes Back TogetherNews 03.12.2026Before plants and animals recolonize after a wildfire, fungi get to work.
After the OutbreakNews 02.12.2026A northern gannet colony devastated by avian influenza is slowly recovering—and so are the researchers who witnessed the virus’s wrath.
A Mysterious Salmon-Killing Affliction is a Mystery No MoreNews 02.06.2026In California, scientists tracked the source of a severe vitamin deficiency that’s killing endangered fish.
The Curse of Dead CoralsNews 01.29.2026When heat waves bleach reefs, do dead coral skeletons help or hinder recovery?
How to Kill a Million Sea StarsNews 01.22.2026Synthetic pheromones offer a promising new means of controlling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish.
When Squirrels Meet the Delmar DivideNews 01.15.2026Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri, is shaping the genetics of the city’s eastern gray squirrels.
Pachyderm PharmaciesNews 01.08.2026Scientists find that elephants who raid farms might be looking for medicinal plants, sparking a cross-species exchange of pharmaceutical knowledge.
Mercury RisingNews 12.12.2025When Alaska’s wolves began eating sea otters, it looked like a story of adaptation. Then they started getting sick.
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal VentsNews 11.14.2025In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
Critical Minerals? There’s a Plant for ThatNews 11.06.2025Could phytomining—using plants to pull metal out of the soil—put the green in “green transition”?
These Fish Can Adjust to Heatwaves—And Pass the Resilience on to Their OffspringNews 10.15.2025Though scientists aren’t quite sure how they do it, three-spined sticklebacks show an unexpected fortitude in the face of repeated heatwaves.
Canis familiaris? Maybe Less Than You ThinkNews 10.01.2025We think of them as pets, but the vast majority of the world’s dogs live free-range in the environment. Understanding them could be key to helping urban wildlife thrive.
To Catch a Killer SharkNews 09.19.2025Using DNA analysis, scientists linked the same shark to two bites on people. Now, they want to use the work to save other sharks’ lives.
Where Art Thou, Little Songbird?News 09.04.2025Collaboration and technology are helping scientists solve migratory mysteries.
A Scaredy-Cat Won’t HuntNews 08.29.2025To protect imperiled birds, these ecologists are working to put the fear back in New Zealand’s cats.
Aardvark Burrows Could be Ground Zero for the Next PandemicNews 08.22.2025Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.
Seeing the Fungi for the TreesNews 08.14.2025Mycorrhizal fungi help plants thrive, and sequester a lot of carbon. But a new atlas shows these climate warriors need urgent protection.
