A new marsupial species found in the Río Abiseo National Park, Marmosa chachapoya, contributes to the biological richness of ...

DCR staff overcame many challenges: navigating "dense thickets," "swampy forests," and ticks. Through it all, their focused ...

The new technology will help scientists monitor and protect some of Australia’s most iconic and threatened forest species.

Healthy ecosystems are known to require diversity, but a study from the forests of Maine reveals there’s an aspect of this ecologists have been overlooking: the personality of pollinators and seed ...

The Amazon rainforest, spanning eight countries, is a vital ecosystem housing 10% of Earth's species and holding 20% of the world's freshwater. It stores billions of tons of carbon, crucial for ...

A bear cools off in a stream in Yellowstone National Park. A UC Davis study found that North American mammals in hotter regions increasingly seek out forested areas away from human-dominated ...

Researchers have discovered a unique phenomenon among forest mammals -- eavesdropping. Their study demonstrates that various animal species depend on one another in more ways than ever imagined when ...

This post comes to PBS Nature from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). WWF and Nature are collaborating on a series of blog posts from WWF conservation scientists that will share the stories and motivations ...

Which tropical habitats are worthy of conservation? Humid forests, with their dazzling species counts, easily gain notice.