The story of a wildflower that adapted to a severe drought in California raises hopes that evolution will come to the rescue of species hit by climate change, but there are limits ...

For thousands of years, scientists knew of two tiny marsupials in New Guinea only through fossils and local legend. Researchers had long considered these species extinct. However, a team recently ...

The journey was tracked using a satellite tag by the United States Geological Survey, offering rare insight into one of nature's most extreme endurance feats.

Some of the smallest marine species are actually the most important because all other life depends on them. Phytoplankton are ...

A potted scarlet monkeyflower would die within a few days without water. But multiple natural populations of the species survived an extreme, four-year drought in California, and researchers now know ...

The retreat of ice in the Barents Sea could be strengthening a key ocean current that regulates global climate.

NASA satellites detected a phytoplankton bloom around Antarctic iceberg A-23A as it melted, showing how icebergs can fertilize the ocean.