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 ...

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Sustained extreme heat can damage, weaken and kill all living things, from wheat crops to koalas and fruit bats.

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

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 ...

More than 295 million people globally experienced hunger and starvation in 2025 because of conflict, displacement, climate change and economic disasters.

Ten years after the Paris Agreement took effect, newly released climate datasets show the world warming at an accelerating ...

Affecting one in 10 women, with potentially life-long consequences, endometriosis occurs when cells similar to those found in the womb lining appear elsewhere in the body, causing pain, bleeding, ...

John Prideaux, our US editor, says the rollback of climate regulation reveals a deeper story about American governance ...

In 2023, Otter 841 made international headlines and cemented Santa Cruz on the map. From infiltrating the surf lineup to becoming an unexpected local celebrity, this curious sea otter is now ...