A new study shows how an increase in nighttime lighting (light pollution) and heat from urban areas disturbs the hibernation periods of insects. 

Bees’ flight performance affects their ability to pollinate plants – a crucial service for many of our crops. Now, researchers from Imperial College London have measured the relationship between bumblebee flight performance and surrounding temperature.

Pharmaceutical pollution is found in streams and rivers globally, but little is known about its effects on animals and ecosystems. 

Overlooking capacity of large females may lead to overharvest.

UC Santa Barbara experts weigh in on the effects of offshore wind energy

A new study shows urbanization is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of readily available food in places packed with people.

Pollinating insects such as bees, butterflies, hoverflies and wasps, interact more with plants at well-managed farmland ponds than those that are severely overgrown by trees, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

In June 2021, algal slicks painted the waters green off Qingdao, China, during the region’s largest bloom on record.

As the North Pole, the Arctic Ocean and the surrounding Arctic land warm rapidly, scientists are racing to understand the warming’s effects on Arctic ecosystems.

Every evening, small fish and microscopic animals called zooplankton journey to the ocean surface, where they feast on microscopic plants under the moonlight before returning to the depths at dawn.