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As urban development continues to creep further into Earth's oldest and most diverse rainforests, a study reveals native and invasive small mammals aren't just adapting to their changing habitats -- ...

Misconceptions about human evolution have circulated since the 1920s. At Stony Brook University, researchers in the ...

The number of species does not increase evenly when going from local ecosystems to continental scales -- a phenomenon ecologists have recognized for decades. Now, an international team of scientists ...

What's the currency for all life on Earth? Carbon. Every living thing needs a source of carbon to grow and reproduce. In the ...

The deep blue sea may not have always been so blue. A new study suggests that the Earth's oceans may have changed color over ...

This story will appear in the spring 2025 issue of UC San Diego Magazine as “To Nourish and Protect.” Scientific research may ...

Fast-rising temperatures can change how plants and animals behave and disrupt the delicate timing of pollination.