Heavy rainfall in Queensland sent floodwaters sweeping across vast stretches of the Australian outback in late March 2025.

A sea lion sickened by toxic algae attacked a teenage girl in Long Beach, California, on Sunday, the latest episode of erratic behavior from affected animals.

Climate change could pose a dual threat to native species by reducing their suitable habitats and increasing predation pressure from non-native species, a new study(Link is external) by Oregon State University researchers finds.

The introduction of exotic species can pose significant challenges in the sustainable management of coastal ecosystems, yet Flinders University researchers have found that Pacific oysters introduced to the Port River in Adelaide have influenced surprising benefits.

New research into lithium mining in the “Lithium Triangle” of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia — source of more than half of the world’s lithium resources — shows that the commonly accepted models used to estimate how much water is available for lithium extraction and what the environmental effects may be are off by more than an order of magnitude.

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

A new study analyzed nearly four decades of deep ocean observations to reveal significant cooling and freshening of deep water in the Subtropical North Atlantic.

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, has uncovered evidence of far-reaching ecosystem consequences following the disappearance of Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) from False Bay, South Africa.

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Open data from sources such as the US Geological Survey are an essential scientific resource for understanding our environment in a warming world.