Once seen as a source of alarm, drones (or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAVs) are now proving to be surprisingly elephant-friendly and a valuable research tool.

Penguins living off the coast of South Africa have likely starved to death en masse during their moulting season as a result of collapsing food supplies.

Being close to a natural habitat such as a forest doesn’t necessarily make farmland more attractive to pollinators, a new study shows.

Countries agreed Wednesday to new limits on the international trade in African hornbills.

Australia is home to extraordinary reptiles and frogs, from giant lace monitors to tiny alpine froglets.

These volcanic formations — at least 14 large mountains and numerous smaller elevations — act as veritable oases of life in the deep ocean, concentrating nutrients and modifying the circulation of underwater currents.

Fifteen years after the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill poured an estimated 134 million gallons of oil into the marine environment, vital long-term monitoring work involving University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographers continues to chart the slow path to recovery for the region’s deep-sea coral communities, providing critical information to guide their restoration. 

Rebecca Stup ’23, MS ’26, is a master’s student in the lab of Antonio DiTommaso, a weed ecologist and associate dean and director of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell AES). 

The Greater Kruger region in South Africa is a vast, interconnected landscape of forests, savannas, and grasslands that includes Kruger National Park and several private and community nature reserves near the park. 

Bruin Wilson Sherman is blending ecology, social science and social media data to prepare Southern California communities for a wilder future.