ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Since interagency cooperation isn’t succeeding organically, it’s time for top-down initiatives led by a Health and Human ...

A team from the University of Georgia has discovered that six species of North American bats emit a bright green glow under ...

George Banez “Biologists seem to care more about eagles than the people living in the forests with them.” The executive ...

Images of vast ‘canals’ rippling across the red planet inspired fears of alien ‘engineers’ and changed science forever ...

Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity, as ...

A new study analyzes findings from more than 170 papers to clarify what we know so far about the ecological impacts of large carnivore recovery in North America and what mysteries still remain.

A recent study from Oregon State University estimated that more than 3,500 animal species are at risk of extinction because of factors including habitat alterations, natural resources being ...

Though sea stars have been mysteriously dying for over a decade, Southern California's lake environments are confronting a different mounting ecological crisis: The golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging ...

Groupers are among the ocean's most extraordinary inhabitants. Capable of reaching lengths over eight feet and weighing up to ...