When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

Discovered over a century ago, the late Upper Paleolithic archeological site included stone and bone tools, evidence of ...

Take the mammoth steppe, for example: during the last ice age, this type of vegetation spread ... the greatest risk of extinction in a warming world: Grasses and shrubs are at a higher risk ...

Use precise geolocation data. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Store and/or access information on a ...

Climate change and habitat destruction are driving species to extinction at an alarming rate. The impact extends across all ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world ... How does sea ice change from night to day, or during short-term heat waves, or other weather events? We ...

Previous studies had found spikes of the gas during periods of abrupt climate change throughout the last ice age that ended around 11,000 years ago, but Ben Riddell-Young, working on his doctoral ...