A single calculation, precipitation minus evapotranspiration, is reshaping how scientists understand the swing between flood ...

A key question in any discussion about climate is "How much rain fell?" But perhaps there is an even more important one. Like any household budget, the global water economy is based on "income," that ...

Researchers at College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences are using AI to detect patterns across landscapes, atmospheres and ecosystems at scales that were previously impossible.

How much rain fell?" is a key question in any discussion about climate. But perhaps there is an even more important one. Like any household budget ...

Giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Floreana Island in the Galapágos, 180 years after going extinct there.

The prospect of heat waves without end, increasingly destructive floods, relentless drought, rapidly rising sea levels, and ...

New video presentation from James Altucher examines what the public debut could signal for the broader Starlink ecosystem ...

Sustained extreme heat can damage, weaken and kill all living things, from wheat crops to koalas and fruit bats.

Name a Bug is proudly sponsored by Juggernaut Wines. Together, the Minnesota Zoo Foundation and Juggernaut Wines share a commitment to a future where people, animals, and the natural world thrive ...

Pharmaceuticals that people globally rely on for daily health — including antibiotics, antidepressants and painkillers — are entering ecosystems via wastewater, posing poorly understood risks. Once ...

Life began in the sea, and it took a long time to move onto land. Plants started creeping ashore about 475 million years ago.

Scientists say that multiple Earth system components appear closer to destabilization than previously believed, putting the planet in increased danger of following a "hothouse" path driven by feedback ...