Ecosystems

Researchers found fewer tree seedlings on noisy plots in a pinyon-juniper woodland, likely because the sound drove away animals that disperse seeds.

Researchers discover hot spot off the coast of Italy with up to 1.9 million pieces of plastic per square meter.

Study of fish personalities highlights the importance of wildlife as individuals, not just species.

Researchers suggest that a previously unidentified factor may drive whales to migrate.

Bacteria help drive Earth's chemical cycles and climate. Viruses drive the bacteria.

A new study in Vietnam offers hope for a massive freshwater species.

Expeditions in remote Amazon waterways result in identification of two previously unknown electrified fish.

Researchers are learning how to cope with the arrival of the sargassum’s “brown tide."

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.