Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils, regulate water cycles, and supply resources that humans rely on – from timber and food to recreation and shade on a hot day.

In the time it takes to blink, octopus and cuttlefish can seemingly disappear into their underwater environment by changing both the color and texture of their skin. 

Forensics experts gather DNA to understand who was present at a crime scene. 

New research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals significant recent shifts in tree diversity among the tropical forests of the Andes and Amazon, driven by global change.

A veteran environmental researcher at uOttawa, he has spent over three decades uncovering the quiet stories told by lakebeds and chemical fingerprints of human activity.

Monarch butterflies have always been remarkably resilient.

It started in the summer of 2013. Sea stars were dying in huge numbers in Washington State’s Olympic National Park: They became covered in white lesions.

Flowers emit scented chemicals to attract pollinators, but this perfume — and how pollinators interact with the plant — can go through profound changes as a crop becomes domesticated.

Tropical forests can recover twice as quickly after deforestation if they have adequate soil nitrogen, according to new research published today.

While there have been occasional positive developments and a slowdown in biodiversity loss since the turn of the millennium, the overall state of biodiversity in Switzerland remains inadequate.