Ecosystems
Komodo dragons outlived their giant reptile peers through isolation and some lucky breaks, although cannibalism and virgin births may have helped.
Researchers discover evidence of a kauri tree "superorganism" in New Zealand.
Searching for dwarf foxes and cloud forests on California's Santa Rosa Island -- a national park that the park service says is "like nowhere else on Earth."
After diving penguins drive fish to shallow waters, flying seabirds follow -- and share the bounty.
Repercussions of human pressure ripple from the edges to the center of an enormous protected area.
Scientists explain the lime green look of spring.
When the foraging sea mammals crack shells to collect food, they produce distinctive evidence.
Despite conservation efforts, close assessment of Pando reveals significant losses.
They probably evolved to make mushroom-eating insects lose their appetites.
Officials in Wyoming are building bridges in the hopes of restoring the migratory path of the pronghorn.
Algae and seaweed blooms in Greenland’s vast network of Arctic tidal pools offer shelter for some animals from an acidifying ocean.
Researchers find that wildfires are responsible for up to 20 percent of water flowing in some Western U.S. streams.