The microscopic plants that form the foundation of the ocean\'s food web are declining, reports a study published July 29 in Nature. - Scientific American
Biologists in Canada are encouraged that critically endangered Vancouver Island marmots ( Marmota vancouverensis ) are once again learning how to be marmots--a tough task since the species\'s population had crashed so far that the animals almost lost the knowledge of how to exist as a society. - Scientific American
The wildlife haven Grand Isle is at the heart of the environmental catastrophe engulfing Louisiana. Out on the water, it starts as a slight rainbow shimmer, then turns to wide orange streamers of oil whipping through the waves. Later, on the beach, we witness a vast, Olympic-sized swimming pool of d... - Environment news, comment and
