Freshwater life is vanishing at a pace that now rivals, and in some cases exceeds, losses on land and at sea. New global ...

Florida's Indian River Lagoon (IRL), one of the state's most ecologically productive estuaries, is facing a growing but ...

Here in the United States, the deadly risks posed by wildlife can pale in comparison to developing nations around the world ...

Florida’s Indian River Lagoon (IRL) is increasingly stressed by nutrient pollution, harmful algal blooms, and rising atmospheric CO₂, which acidifies lagoon waters and reduces aragonite—the calcium ...

Scientists are calling for urgent action on free-living amoebas – a little-known group of microbes that could pose a growing ...

Sharks are usually associated with vast oceans and deep coastal waters, but a few remarkable species are capable of surviving ...

Groundwater is considered the largest reservoir of liquid freshwater on Earth and a habitat for complex microbial communities that drive essential biogeochemical cycles. Until now, the role of viruses ...

In 1935, native beetles were wreaking havoc on Australia’s sugar cane crops in Queensland. The beetle larvae lived in the ...

Australia imported cane toads in 1935 to save sugarcane, but the plan failed and became one of the country’s worst ecological ...

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

Fossilized vomit reveals a surprise flying pterosaur in Brazil, offering new insight into how ancient reptiles lived and fed ...