ecology

A team of prominent scientists warns that we've already passed several ecological tipping points and are approaching even more.

Death Throes

"Policies to combat the climate crisis or any other symptoms should address their root cause: human overexploitation of the planet."

Scientists Warn That the Earth Is Literally Dying

Three rhino poachers had a run-in with wild elephants in South Africa's Kruger National Park. One of them ended up being trampled to death.

Payback

A trio of alleged rhino poachers had a run-in with some elephants.

Elephants Trample Suspected Poacher to Death

Oceanic life is fleeing the increasingly-hot equator for more hospitable water, and a mass extinction event is likely to follow.

Leaving Home

"When the same thing happened 252 million years ago, 90 percent of all marine species died."

Scientists: Mass Extinction Is Coming as Organisms Flee the Equator

Scientists can now filter freely-floating DNA out of the air, allowing them to track and monitor what animals are in the area.

Free Floating

Sampling environmental DNA reveals what animals — and perhaps someday what people — are in the area.

New Technique Identifies DNA Floating Through the Air

Scientists accidentally discovered a bizarre ecosystem of creatures on the seafloor under Antarctica, hundreds of miles from any apparent source of food.

Weird Organisms

Deep beneath the ice, a bizarre community of creatures is thriving.

Scientists Surprised by "Strange Creatures" Under a Mile of Antarctic Ice

While scientists predicted that forests would continue to serve as carbon sinks, the benefits may be short-lived as too much CO2 makes trees die younger.

Dial It Back

Forests may not be the robust carbon sinks that scientists hoped.

Too Much CO2 Is Killing Trees, Scientists Say

A new study identified 515 vertebrate species that are on the brink of extinction. Each one that vanishes could have devastating ecological effects.

Barely There

"We are looking at biological annihilation."

Study: More Than 500 Vertebrates Poised To Go Extinct

Scientists have published a stark warning: If humankind doesn't manage to save the global bug population, it could spell doom for us all.

Bugpocalypse Now

Save the bugs — or we all might die.

Scientists Warn "Insect Apocalypse" Could Doom Humanity

Scientists built a new remote acoustic survey tool to track wild frog populations. The best part is they decided to name it the FrogPhone.

Just Checking In!

Finally, a phone for calling wild frogs.

Scientists Built a "FrogPhone" to Remotely Survey Frog Habitats

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It's innovative, entertaining, educational, and most of all, addictive. 

Photosynthesis Is the Strategy Game That Lets You Take Control of a Forest Ecosystem

News recently broke about worms that had allegedly been frozen in Arctic permafrost for 40,000 years. It turns out they're probably a lot younger.

Take Two

A closer look at that "ancient worm" story raises new questions.

That Story About the Ancient Frozen Worms Might Be Bologna

Australian scientists are preparing to deliver millions of coral larvae to the Great Barrier Reef using an autonomous drone called "Larvalbot"