On a quiet walk through a forest path or in a backyard on a spring morning, we often picture a familiar scene of natural beauty. We picture colourful birds moving from branch to branch and singing.

Aphantasia, the inability to form mental images, poses a serious challenge to an influential theory of abstract thought in ...

Experts explain why sex may feel psychedelic, how arousal changes body awareness, and why trust, mindfulness, and fantasy can ...

Co-creator of Walking with Dinosaurs returns with Surviving Earth, a blockbuster new series that shows ‘how life bounced back’ from deadly events throughout history ...

A South Burlington nonprofit is building a more resilient local food system through organic farming, nutrition education and food access programs. Brought to you by Common Roots The current sixth mass ...

Elephants sustain a diverse ecosystem, including many species of dung beetles — colorful insects that perform many key ecological functions. By breaking up, moving and burying dung, these tiny ...

Scientists around the world are warning that Earth may already be entering a sixth mass extinction event driven by climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, and collapsing ecosystems. As species ...

High plant extinction rates are projected for southern Europe, the western U.S. and southern Australia by 2100, posing risks to plant species like these eucalyptus trees growing in Australia.

Emperor penguins have braved cold, storms, starvation and predation to breed, ensuring their population survives. But climate change might defeat the iconic Antarctic birds. It’s the breakup and loss ...

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Biodiversity loss is emerging as a systemic risk to the global economy and financial stability, a landmark report said on Monday, urging companies to act now or potentially ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within. But there’s a hidden ...

Almost all life on land and in the ocean was wiped out during "The Great Dying," a mass extinction event at the end of the Permian Era about 250 million years ago. New evidence suggests that the Great ...