Autumn warming may explain a decline in Western butterfly populations. One species, the western monarch, has declined 99.99% since the 1980s.

As the snow melts, it leaves behind micro- and nano-plastics, according to a new study in Montreal.

If strongly protected, specific areas of the ocean could help solve climate, food, and biodiversity crises around the world.

Just a little bit of seaweed could reduce the methane emissions from cow burps by a huge amount without affecting the taste of beef or milk.

Lettuce grows well in greenhouses made of clear solar panels. "We were a little surprised—there was no real reduction in plant growth or health."

Researchers propose a "lunar ark" that would store cryogenically frozen seed, spore, sperm, and egg samples from 6.7 million Earth species.

"Ghost forests" filled with dead trees are becoming a growing phenomenon in parts of the Northeast. New research offers two explanations.

Large, well-preserved fossils found under Greenland's ice sheet reveal several million years of details about its climate and plant life.

The advantage of newer rice varieties bred to withstand increased heat was too small to be statistically significant, report researchers.

River flow has changed significantly in recent decades across the globe. A new study shows points the finger at climate change.