What lives in your dirt? Researchers are one step closer to finding out after compiling the first global atlas of soil bacterial communities and identifying a group of around 500 key species that are ...

We owe plankton a lot. They built the Cliffs of Dover, they nourish the largest and smallest animals in the ocean, and they provided half of the oxygen you’re breathing right now. Yet these ...

A new conservation initiative, the Global Ecosystems Atlas, has been launched to provide a comprehensive and unified resource for mapping and monitoring ecosystems worldwide. Introduced this week at ...

Under the microscope, they look like they could be from another planet, but these microscopic organisms inhabit the depths of our oceans in nearly infinite numbers. To begin to identify where, when, ...

Every year, massive herds of large mammals take on arduous long-distance migrations to find food, favorable weather and a suitable place to raise their young. An international team of scientists has ...

The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries draws on 10 years of fisheries data. More than 350 scientists around the world were involved in an effort to provide a more complete look at global fisheries. The ...