A team of researchers found the southernmost tree and forest on Earth at the extreme tip of South America. Wind limits where trees grow on Isla Hornos and those wind patterns are shifting.

Medical innovation is often accelerated in a time of crisis.

Unfairness alone is upsetting enough to drive people to punish lucky recipients of unfair outcomes.

Extreme shrinkage of summer sea ice is just the latest evidence of rapid Arctic warming – and what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay there.

The world missed all 20 targets for stemming the tide of biodiversity loss. But there has been some progress over the last decade.

A pediatrician answers parents' questions about catching up on missed childhood vaccinations and why that's so important.

With 3% of science Nobels going to women and zero going to Black people, these awards are an extreme example of how certain demographics are underrepresented in STEM fields.

'Carbon sinks' like forests and the soil have already been factored into the carbon budget – they should not be double-counted.

Reptiles are consistently overlooked by regulators of the trade in wildlife, but many face extinction in the wild.

Did people settle these islands by traveling north from South America, or in the other direction? Reanalyzing data from artifacts discovered decades ago provides a definitive answer.