Ecosystems
Researchers used DNA from leeches' last blood meals to find out what animals live where in China's Ailaoshan Nature Reserve.
Iron-laden particles fertilized areas of the ocean thousands of kilometers away.
The carnivores play a unique role in breaking down calcium, phosphorous from prey.
Cave microbes on Earth may help guide scientists toward life on Mars.
Researchers found fewer tree seedlings on noisy plots in a pinyon-juniper woodland, likely because the sound drove away animals that disperse seeds.
Researchers discover hot spot off the coast of Italy with up to 1.9 million pieces of plastic per square meter.
Study of fish personalities highlights the importance of wildlife as individuals, not just species.
Researchers suggest that a previously unidentified factor may drive whales to migrate.
Bacteria help drive Earth's chemical cycles and climate. Viruses drive the bacteria.
A new study in Vietnam offers hope for a massive freshwater species.
Expeditions in remote Amazon waterways result in identification of two previously unknown electrified fish.
Researchers are learning how to cope with the arrival of the sargassum’s “brown tide."