The study of biogeography and paleoecology during the Mesozoic-Cenozoic era provides essential insights into how past ...

Have you ever wondered how city life affects animals like frogs? A new study reveals that urban Túngara frog tadpoles develop ...

This dramatic shrinking is the phenotypic manifestation of a change to the cod genome that’s been brought on by overfishing. That’s the message from a new study that has demonstrated, for the first ...

There’s a new garden along the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake Park. The pollinator garden will restore a habitat that will recharge the birds, animals and fish that live along the lake shore.

Road ecology, the scientific study of how road networks impact ecosystems, presents a perfect opportunity for community ...

While all types of ancient remains are valuable to science, teeth— protected by enamel, the hardest substance in the body—are ...

California ground squirrels are as commonplace as the seeds, acorns, and grains they’re often seen nibbling. Yet, scientists ...

Researchers measured the amount of nitrogen and carbon in the whiskers, which tells them the kinds of animals the leopard seals have eaten in the past few years. Both nitrogen and carbon ...

With more than half the world now living in cities and urban land cover expected to increase by about 1.2 million square ...

This long-term focus on specific prey can have powerful ecological consequences. At Cape Shirreff, Antarctica, in the ...

So far, the Marine Organismal Body Size Database includes the maximum size of some 85,200 marine species. Biologists have launched a database of marine animals’ body sizes that they say could help ...

They’re also a bit of a bridge between land and water, depending on the species. “All animals with a backbone and a shell are turtles,” says Jeffrey Lovich, Research Ecologist at the U.S ...