A new approach for identifying significant differences in gene use between closely-related species provides insights into human evolution.

Prochlorococcus, the world’s most abundant photosynthetic organism, reveals a gene-transfer mechanism that may be key to its abundance and diversity.

New analysis takes account of natural fluctuations and predictability to assess which parts of an ecosystem are most threatened by climate change and other disruptions.

With only a little information, researchers can predict the circumstances under which an ecosystem will be stable or unstable.

In a long-studied population of wandering albatrosses, females are less likely to stick with a shy mate.

Researchers reveal how an algae-eating bacterium solves an environmental engineering challenge.

New findings may help researchers hone predictions for where phytoplankton will migrate with climate change.

Fossils indicate a communal nesting ground and adults who foraged and took care of the young as a herd, scientists say.

Committing to aggressive conservation efforts could rebuild ocean habitats and species populations in a few decades.

Study finds microbes can alter an environment dramatically before dying out.