Like humans, parrots have distinct vocal dialects and, like humans, they learn those dialects from their family, so those ...

Twenty years ago, a team of U.K. scientists sounded the alarm on a then-underappreciated problem: the breakdown of plastic ...

The Amazon rainforest is in deep trouble. Labeling it a “crisis” however seems too hackneyed and not descriptive enough ...

Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to ...

Rachel Feltman: When Tom Crawford climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and stood 5,895 meters [about 19,341 feet] above sea level, he was astounded by the natural beauty of the view ... Feltman: For Science ...

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

A type of zooplankton, Daphnia pulex (a.k.a. the water flea) is a microscopic crustacean whose unique reproduction habits ...

Chinese scientists have discovered a remarkable material in lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e 5 mission. This finding ...

The College of Natural Sciences welcomed more than a dozen new tenured and tenure-track faculty members in 2024.

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Natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions elevate the extinction risk for mammals, ...