Editor’s note: On April 17th 2025 Dr Madhusudhan and colleagues reported that new observations of K2-18 b (made with a different instrument from that which they used previously) showed significantly ...

Spaniol described the realization that forests are losing their colors as "frightening and revelatory," providing a prime ...

Note: This story was updated to include information about where people can document how wildlife are responding to the wildfires. People weren’t the only ones fleeing fast-moving flames and hot embers ...

From cork-lined walls to algae-tinted windows, the future of living and working in outer space looks less like a weightless tin can and more like a comfy cruise ship. These living quarters promise ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Drive across Iowa’s landscape, and you’ll likely see a lot of corn and soybean fields. In between are ...

Electric power companies dedicate significant resources to clearing overgrown plants and debris from the area surrounding power lines. These areas are known as electric rights-of-way, and anything ...

Studying what whales do underwater has always been hard, but thanks to new video and geolocation technology, scientists are now able to snag little glimpses of life beneath the sea and bring them to ...

In tropical forests, endangered species inside protected habitats are still in danger from threats from beyond their sanctuaries, according to a new study. In tropical forests, endangered species ...

The Salisbury Zoo is welcoming two new female axolotls, a type of aquatic salamander. Several habitats, including those for the Canada Lynx and American Flamingos, have been renovated. Oddball, a ...

The Trump administration is proposing to significantly limit the Endangered Species Act's power to preserve crucial habitats by changing the definition of one word: harm. On Wednesday, the ...

The EU has long recognised the need to preserve nature and biodiversity, with the first law adopted back in 1979 – the Birds Directive – and several other laws and funding programmes following on.

A woman selling fish in a market in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. From Ancient Egypt to the Zhou Dynasty to first century Palestine, fish have symbolized wealth and abundance, demonstrating the ancient ...