As the planet warms, many expected ecosystems to change faster and faster. Instead, a massive global study shows that species turnover has slowed by about one-third since the 1970s. Nature’s constant ...

ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) — Growing up in a village in northern Greenland, Jørgen Kristensen's closest friends were his stepfather's sled dogs. Most of his classmates were dark-haired Inuit; he was ...

Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This blueprint is known as a genome. When scientists sequence a genome, they identify ...

In 2024 extreme rain and floods hit the Spanish region of Valencia, killing at least 230 people. Now a new study shows ...

During Australia’s unprecedented heatwave in late January, air temperatures reached 50°C in inland South Australia. Days of ...

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