A supercolony of penguins has been found near Antarctica
The increased numbers of known populations is an encouraging sign about the penguin’s long-term survival chances.
As temperatures rise, male sea turtles disappearing from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
A sea turtle’s sex is determined by its nesting environment. The gender shift suggests climate change is having a significant effect on one of the...
Ancient fossil offers a new European ancestor to giraffe
A giraffid fossil about 9 million years old that was found near Madrid provides evidence that giraffe ancestors lived in Europe earlier than suspected.
As seas warm, whales find home less hospitable
Scientists worry that the humpbacks might have been forced elsewhere in a search for food as the seas grow rapidly warmer and their feeding grounds...
Tiny mysteries of the ocean reveal themselves to scientists
Research on the diversity of these microbes from around the globe was virtually impossible until a few years ago, with the advent of relatively quick...