The U-shaped relationship between diet and size in modern land mammals could also stand for “universal,” says a new study, which has found that the …

Warming of the oceans due to climate change will mean fewer productive fish species to catch in the future, according to a new Rutgers study …

The climate crisis is limiting the availability of krill – small crustaceans that are vital in the marine food chain – during summer in some …

From 1910 to 1970, humans killed an estimated 1.5 million baleen whales in the frigid water encircling Antarctica. They were hunted for their blubber, baleen …

Climate change may erode frogs’ ability to withstand road salt pollution, according to researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Driven by climate …

Palaeontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have uncovered the remains of a huge new fossil species belonging to an extinct animal group in half-a-billion-year-old …

Urbanisation is one of the most drastic forms of land-use change, and its negative consequences on biodiversity have been studied extensively in temperate countries such …

Lizards and snakes are a key component of most terrestrial ecosystems on earth today. Along with the charismatic tuatara of New Zealand (a “living fossil” …