Michael Sievers receives funding from the Australian Research Council, project DE220100079, the National Environmental Science Program, and philanthropic foundations. Christopher Brown receives ...

As of 2025, we have more research than ever before regarding climate change and its consequences. As planet Earth heats up, many species feel the effects of an ever-changing climate. This leads to ...

From a biological perspective, it is important for scientists and the general public to understand that organisms do interact with their environment; in this sense, it often incorporates the terms ...

When people think about habitats on Earth, they likely picture forests, oceans or grasslands. Few think to look up. Yet the ...

Beavers are among the most prominent ecosystem engineers. Their dam-building activities divert and stagnate streamflows, flooding adjacent areas, and forming new wetlands that provide habitat for ...

Species known as marine habitat-forming species -- gorgonians, corals, algae, seaweeds, marine phanerogams, etc.-- are organisms that help generate and structure the underwater landscapes. These are ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and endangered black-handed spider monkeys ...

A new study sheds light on how a species of foraminifera, single-celled organisms found in almost all marine habitats, thrives in a dark, oxygen-free environment. Most life on Earth relies on the ...

A small, gray dorsal fin slices through the green-blue water of the saltmarsh. These coastal wetlands, flooded and drained by salt water brought in by the tides, occur worldwide and are home to ...

Nature is full of surprises, but few are as fascinating as hybrid animals, creatures born from crossing two different species ...