To assess the state of our creepier, crawlier neighbors, Figueroa and her graduate student, Wes Walsh, the paper’s lead author, gathered conservation assessments for the 99,312 known insect and ...

Paul Ehrlich, famed ecologist and controversial author of The Population Bomb, died at 93 years old on March 13.

Most ecologists once believed that healthy ecosystems are naturally stable, with a low turnover of species. Left to ...

Fish that live in rivers, ditches, and streams are better able to withstand warming water than fish in the sea. This is the ...

There is an increasing nationwide demand for certification credentials in the environmental arena. More immediate climate issues, land-use concerns, and resource management challenges are all growing ...

A new collaboration between between ecologists and art historians explored whether it’s possible to get accurate information about landscape ecology from nineteenth century paintings. They studied the ...

A fire ant nest has been spotted at one of Australia’s most iconic World Heritage rainforests, sparking concerns about the ...

As of 2023, it is illegal to sell, plant or grow Callery pear trees in Ohio, with similar bans to hit other states in 2024. By Ryan W. McEwan / The Conversation Published Mar 8, 2023 9:00 PM EST This ...

A group of scientists and amphibian enthusiasts from Michigan State University, Ecuadorian schools, and indigenous communities worked together to find the harlequin frog species Ecologists have ...

More than 50 years after Bob Paine’s experiment with starfish, hundreds of species have been pronounced “keystones” in their ecosystems. Has the powerful metaphor lost its mathematical meaning? Anne ...

Ecologists have identified significant ecological risks associated with the release of hybrid groupers into Hong Kong's coastal waters, a practice often linked to religious 'mercy release' rituals.