A major new international review co-authored by Professor Gemma Harvey, Professor of Physical Geography in the Department of ...

Climate change is rapidly altering temperature and habitat boundaries across the planet Some adaptable species are expanding ...

Sustained extreme heat can damage, weaken and kill all living things, from wheat crops to koalas and fruit bats.

Beavers have been released into the wild in Somerset for the first time. Two groups of Eurasian beavers were released on the ...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) supports projects that reintroduce wild horses to these fragile ecosystems. One of them is the Altyn Dala Initiative in Kazakhstan, which has been recognized as a ...

Some make you sick, while others help keep you healthy. But microbes' influence stretches far beyond human bodies. These astonishingly complex organisms regulate the health of forests, oceans and ...

Scientists discover a 21-million-year-old dwarf sea cow that grazed in the Arabian Gulf, revealing how it transformed marine ...

In the frantic hours following an offshore oil spill, emergency responders face a destructive decision: let the oil spread or ignite it. Once ignited, it creates an "in-situ" fire pool that stops the ...

Kitsissut is a nightmare for modern sailors. It’s a remote cluster of islands in the High Arctic, choked by fog, battered by ...

World Hippo Day 2026 delivers a clear message: strength alone does not ensure survival. With meaningful conservation efforts and continued action, future generations may still witness hippos resting ...

Thai authorities recently dealt a major blow to the illegal ivory trade, seizing 169 kilograms — roughly 370 pounds — of ...

Lake Erie is home to “the most dramatic, damaging and deadly surges” in the region, said Jay Austin, a physicist at the Large Lakes Observatory in Duluth, Minn. The Buffalo area, at the lake’s eastern ...