Rob Jordan is a Writer at Stanford University.
A new analysis provides some of the first empirical evidence that wildfire is accelerating the process of tree species shifting their ranges, likely by reducing competition from establish...
Nipah virus may have a lot to teach us about dealing with COVID-19, Stephen Luby says.
An environmentally benign gel-like fluid that helps common fire retardants last longer on vegetation could greatly reduce the incidence and severity of wildfires, researchers say.
A new study supports an approach to conservation that focuses on ecoregions—geographically unique regions, such as deserts and rainforests, that contain distinct communities of plants and...
Biologists warn that federal plans to build a wall along the US-Mexico border could severely threaten some of the unique species that live there—and even push some to extinction in the US.
Two vertebrate species go extinct every year on average, but few people notice, perhaps because the rate seems relatively slow—not a clear and present threat to the natural systems we dep...
An ever-changing climate can put certain regions in the crosshairs of coastal flooding, heavy rain, erosion, and other risks.
