Briefings

Adaptations of the Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)

Advanced wastewater treatment processes remove pharmaceuticals

Airborne microplastics are raining down on the western United States

Amphibians face extinction crisis

Amphibians under threat from chytrid fungus

Asian longhorned tick is an invasive threat in the United States

Australian wildfires threaten koalas

Bats are mostly unaffected by zoonotic viruses they harbor

Bee dance language

Biocontrol of pests by species importation

Biodegradation additives for polymers ineffective

Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution

Climate change likely drove ancient African megaherbivores to extinction

Cold-dry limits of life on Earth

Colony collapse disorder may be a diminishing problem for bees

Conception of northern white rhino embryos by intracytoplasm sperm injection

Contribution of blue carbon from large fish could reduce global climate change

Convergent evolution in monarch butterfly predators

Crown-of-thorns starfish threaten the Great Barrier Reef

Declining insect populations in Puerto Rico

Deep learning used to count satellite-imaged trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel

Dramatic reductions in the Bornean orangutan population

Eastern lowland gorilla is critically endangered

Effects of dam removal

Environmental impact of food waste

Environmental sex determination of green sea turtles affected by climate change

Environmentally friendly sunscreens from biological sources

Epizootic shell disease in lobsters

Europe's summer 2022 heat wave

Feral horses of Assateague Island

First planetary risk index identifies probable causes of animal pollinator declines

First sessile deep-sea community found on a hard substrate below Antarctic ice shelf

Flat pasta that morphs into 3D shapes when cooked may help the environment

Food waste and sustainable practices

Four endangered species of giraffes

Global climate change affects Arctic treeline

Green water scarcity and sustainability

Honeybee populations on the rise

Hudson River tidal marshes in New York are rising faster than sea level

Ichneumon wasps as biological control agents

Increased carbon emissions from tropical forest degradation

Inheritance of social organization among spotted hyenas

Insects threatened by biodiversity crisis

Invasive lionfish

Landfill mining risks and rewards

Living shorelines for coastal protection

Mangrove forests provide protection against tsunamis

Massive die-off of saiga antelopes

Massive seabird die-off attributed to ocean warming

Mysterious die-off of bush elephants in Botswana

Neonicotinoid insecticides banned in Europe

Neurotoxin identified in mysterious deaths of eagles in the southeastern United States

New Guinea singing dog is rediscovered in the wild

New orangutan species

Nonfunctional gene in aquatic mammals imparts vulnerability to harmful organophosphates

North American birds are disappearing

Northern white rhinoceros on the brink of extinction

Ocean acidification affecting fishes' sense of smell

Overview of Komodo dragons

Peatland carbon storage affects global climate

Phosphorus pollution increases in U.S. lakes and streams

Plastic waste pollution

Predator-prey relationship of wolves and moose on Isle Royale

Quorum sensing in bacteria

Range expansion of golden jackals in Europe

Recovery of the Iberian lynx

Removing organic micropollutants from wastewater

Reusable materials for absorbing oil spills

Sargassum seaweed bloom fouling Caribbean shorelines

Sea turtle navigation

Severe coral bleaching endangers Great Barrier Reef

Snow leopard reclassified as vulnerable species

Sustainable food-packaging innovations

Symbiosis

Tasmanian devils reintroduced on the Australian mainland

Toxic algal blooms threaten marine life along Florida coastlines

Trophic cascade in Yellowstone National Park

U.S. streams found to contain a complex brew of contaminants

Wildfire impact on air quality

Wildfire mitigation through vegetation management

Wildlife diseases rise as a result of climate change