Nature and Environment

Yellowstone proved that the “touristification” of nature helps to preserve it. Now, it can teach us something else.

The urban heat island (UHI) effect threatens the well-being of people living in cities of all sizes.

This is the first time researchers have conducted such an analysis. It’s also the first time sharks have tested positive for the drug.

A study has just answered likely not very common question about hippos.

This occurrence is the leading suspect in the extinction of the Key Largo tree cactus from U.S. territory.

The Earth was already teeming with life 400 million years after its formation.

Hurricane Beryl is a thing of the past, but we're not done with storms yet.

The Greenland shark is a unique animal on our planet, and studying it can provide important answers for humans.

Blue is considered a primary color, a rarer one than we might think.

In 1998, scientists at MBARI discovered mysterious holes off the coast of California during a seafloor survey.

An important lesson: There’s still a lot of work to be done to fully understand biodiversity in understudied regions.

Until now, no one thought that protocols for detecting nuclear weapons would be useful in fighting poaching.