Teenage fish on drugs take more risks, too.
New study offers some of the most compelling real-world evidence yet that pharmaceutical pollution is messing with wildlife behavior and habitat.
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Warren Cornwall
Warren Cornwall is a freelance journalist based in Bellingham, Washington His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe Magazine, and the Seattle Times. He is a contributing correspondent for Science.
Apr 2025 9
It’s not march of the penguins, but the great migration of flies is major force in ecosystems and economies
In a new paper, scientists make a compelling case for preserving migration corridors for hundreds of species of tiny flies.
Apr 2025 2
Evolution by automotive selection
Scientists in the Galápagos discover yellow warblers living near traffic exhibit the bird version of "road rage."
Mar 2025 26
If you want a fast-growing forest to suck up more carbon, pick slow-growing trees
Trees that have "fast growing" traits turn out to grow more slowly in the wild than their conservative relatives, scientists find.
Mar 2025 19
New paper resolves a half-century old debate about how to conserve biodiversity in natural areas
For biodiversity, it’s better to have one large contiguous forest than many smaller fragments
Mar 2025 12
When planting trees to slow climate change, don’t plant the same tree all the time
An experiment spanning 16 years found that places reforested with five kinds of trees stored 36% more carbon than monocultures.
Mar 2025 5
The space station is the ultimate industrial environment—cut off from the natural world. And that’s not healthy.
Astronauts swabbed more than 800 spots on the International Space Station; their samples contained just 6% of the spectrum of microbial life.
Feb 2025 26
First global study of the extraordinary role of animals as architects of Earth
Researchers calculated that creatures large and small rival the landscape reshaping power of half a million major floods each year.
Feb 2025 19
Conserving land in wealthy countries may be making things worse somewhere else.
Researchers provide a detailed account of how “biodiversity leakage” happens—and how to tackle the often overlooked problem.
Feb 2025 12
That sustainable Valentines chocolate might not be as sweet for biodiversity as you think.
A new study finds that cocoa farms certified as sustainable did not harbor more species than plantations. But they did earn more money.
