Environment Archives

Climate Change Threatens California Pikas

The beloved American pika is losing its habitat. These little animals could loose 75 percent of their range quite soon to climate change.

Coral reefs are in trouble around the world with one possible exception. This coral species appears to be making the best of a bad situation.

Insect-friendly urban gardens show great promise to be havens for bees and other pollinators, securing their future and allowing them to thrive.

Travelers with FjordPhyto sample phytoplankton in Antarctica, helping scientists learn how this fertile ocean region is changing.

Stem rust might be the bane of a wheat crop, but researchers may have found a solution that could protect the popular grain.

At a remote Antarctic outpost, cameras capture time-lapse images of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Antarctica shows climate change.

How can it snow when temperatures are above freezing? Mountain Rain or Snow has the answer — and wants your help studying it.

These goats that live in the Italian Alps appear to be shrinking in size, according to research from Durham University.

Ocean acidification is killing young oysters, clams, and mussels in U.S. coastal regions that depend on these shellfish. Find out why.

Play a fun tablet game, learn about coral reefs and help NASA scientists build an algorithm that will map out the world’s coral!