MIT physicists develop a predictive formula, based on bacterial communities, that may also apply to other types of ecosystems, including the human GI tract.

Bugs that buzz and flutter at other times of year are conspicuously absent during winter months.

Biodiversity researchers tested vision systems on how well they could retrieve relevant nature images. More advanced models performed well on simple queries but struggled with more research-specific prompts.

Rising carbon dioxide levels in the air are making plants grow larger and faster, but diluting their nutritional content. This could threaten the health of herbivores worldwide.

That delay can tip ranchers’ finances into the red. While the land needs time to recover, studies raise questions about whether two years is really necessary.

Research shows that vineyards with higher bird species richness had louder and more complex soundscapes. Here’s why that matters.

Robin Wall Kimmerer envisions an economy of gratitude and reciprocity with nature, using the serviceberry tree as a key witness.

The scientists’ wide-scale acoustic mapping technique could help track vulnerable keystone species.

A behavioral ecologist explains the reciprocal social relationships vampire bats maintain, in sickness and in health.

New research finds that marmots who experience adversity early in life have a lesser chance of survival.