On Feb. 17, 2016, the gears ground into life at the massive Belo Monte hydroelectric plant, on the “Large Curve” of the Xingu River, or Volta Grande do Xingu, in the Brazilian Amazon. By April that ...

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...

Across the world’s oceans, killer whales share the same striking black‑and‑white look yet live radically different lives.

Few animal facts are repeated with more confidence or less nuance than the claim that penguins mate for life. It is offered ...

Evolutionary biologist Pamela Yeh and animal domestication expert Raffaela Lesch join Host Flora Lichtman to discuss how ...

Nestled in the northwestern corner of Illinois where limestone cliffs rise dramatically above the Mississippi River, Mississippi Palisades State Park in Savanna offers a wilderness escape that feels ...

This proposal has drawn criticism from legal scholars and conservationists, who argue that habitat modification poses a major ...

Mudskippers break the rules of fish biology by breathing through their skin, walking on their fins and thriving on land where ...

Marine biodiversity underpins human health such as at Porthdinllaen in north wales where seagrass is part of a marine social ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — When many can see grassy fields as just a patch of land, Mike Sutton sees a world of possibilities. “If I see a piece of grass anywhere in Pinellas County, I typically think ...

Bone-eating zombie worms vanished from Pacific canyons during a 10-year study, raising concerns that oxygen loss is altering ...

Massive endeavor including Hopkins researchers and students aims to understand the planet's most biodiverse habitats ...