A sweeping new Cal Poly study of North American birds reveals that environmental change does not affect all species equally ...

New research co-authored by an Oklahoma Museum of Natural History curator and her graduate student is offering fresh insight ...

Using mathematical modeling, researchers have discovered that rate-induced tipping, which can happen if an environment changes too fast, can happen even in Daisyworld, a simple daisy-filled ecological ...

When an animal's environment changes faster than the animal can adapt, its chances of survival can flatline. The same is true for populations and even entire species. Now, scientists at MIT and the ...

Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? The answer is a resounding yes—and we know this for certain because of the vast network of audio recorders that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nature and nurture both determine how likely you are to develop a particular disease. Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty ...

As President Trump dismantles the country’s efforts to fight climate change, environmental groups are back on their heels. By David Gelles Claire Brown and Karen Zraick See more of our coverage in ...

The Trump administration began this week to radically alter how the National Environmental Policy Act is implemented across the federal government, alarming environmentalists. Passed in 1970 and often ...

Sitting in my doctor's examination room, I was surprised when she told me, "Genetics don't really matter for chronic disease." Rather, she continued, "A person's lifestyle, what they eat, and how much ...