#ecology

A growing body of research suggests heat waves do more than stress animals physically. They can also impair learning, aggression control and survival behavior.

Satellite analysis in Bavaria suggests heavily infested oak trees postpone bud opening by about three days the following spring, a shift that can leave hungry caterpillars hatching into a food shortage.

Researchers studying sunflower sea stars report that immune and neurological disruption appears before the outward signs of wasting disease, offering a clearer path to earlier detection of one of the Pacific coast’s most

Scientists are investigating why three mammal-eating orcas normally associated with Alaska appeared far south in waters near Seattle, a rare sighting that may reveal new movement patterns or ecological pressures.

New research published in Science warns that the Great Salt Lake is approaching a tipping point that could trigger irreversible ecological collapse with consequences reaching across the American West.

Researchers studying fireflies in South Carolina's Congaree National Park reveal how thousands of insects synchronize their bioluminescent flashes with mathematical precision.

A comprehensive study in Science finds climate change will dramatically increase forest fires, pest outbreaks, and windthrow across Europe through the end of the century.