Climatologists didn't see this one coming. It looks like mosses, lichens, and blue-green algae are all major players in the Earth's complex and often-confusing carbon cycle.

It's official! The chimpanzee is a fully protected species in the United States regardless of whether it is a captive or wild animal.

It looks like even for plants, there can be too much of a good thing. Tree and flowers use carbon dioxide (C02) to make energy, absorbing the gas to help fuel the process of photosynthesis.

Coral reefs have been the subject of much research given the ongoing threats they are dealing with related to climate change.

A new species of marine roly poly pillbug - actually, make that two new species - were recently discovered in Los Angles, a new study describes.

With climate change heating things up, and the Earth's poles rapidly melting, it should come as no surprise that a major Antarctic ice shelf may completely disappear by 2020, according to a new NAS

Despite concerns from conservationists, Zambia is preparing to lift a 2013 ban on the hunting of wild lions and leopards in order to raise funds.

The new marine invertebrate species is part of a group of marine worms (polychaetous annelids) which commonly occur in marine seabeds rich in organic matter - from both natural and anthropogenic or

Scientists are already worried about the rapidly growing human population, which is approaching unsustainable levels and threatening global food security.

Massive floods in the Mississippi River valley may have wiped out an ancient civilization, according to a new study.