A recent study showed that panned and predictable ecosystems can have unexpected outcomes.
Researchers are now able to determine why the modern day giraffe has a long neck, apart form It allowing them to find more vegetation or it used to fight.
Recent study revealed that predators can adapt when their common food supply is low, but this destroys the sustainability of their ecosystem.
Butterflies may be shrinking in the high Arctic. Scientists have found that butterflies in Greenland have become smaller in response to increasing temperatures associated with climate change.
A tiny, ancient fossil may be telling researchers a bit more about the birds that existed during the time of the dinosaurs.
A new fossil of a species that once belonged to the marine group Desmostylia is telling scientists a bit more about this strange animal group.
Scientists may have solved a long-running mystery about the first stages of plant life on Earth. They found that our planet was once covered with a film of ancient alga that was able to inhabit land before it went on to evolve in the world's first plant.
The Arctic ocean is experiencing immense warming from beneath the surface, heat compared to the sun, according to researchers.
It turns out that magnetism may have more of a role to play in bird migration than once expected. Scientists have found new evidence that reed warblers rely on a geomagnetic map to point them in the right direction.
Global warming may be linked to increasing wildfires. Scientists have taken a closer look at the wildfire history in Colorado's mountains and have found that large fires will continue to increase in a warming climate.
It turns out that major volcanic eruptions don't just have an effect on Earth's atmosphere; they also may impact the world's water. Scientists have found that volcanic eruptions affect the flow of the world's major rivers.