Global fragmentation of ecosystems and changing patterns of rainfall have increased the risk of diseases spreading to humans ...

Along a quarter of the planet's coastal waterways, humans contribute more harmful nitrogen—via agricultural runoff, ...

All organisms in an ecosystem are interconnected, and any imbalance in this complex relationship can have irreversible consequences for both humans and nonhumans. Numerous examples illustrate how the ...

Nitrogen is one of the primary nutrients critical for the survival of all living organisms. Although nitrogen is very abundant in the atmosphere, it is largely inaccessible in this form to most ...

A man in glasses looks into a fish tank in which fish of many colors are swimming. Ecotoxicologist Bob Wong studies how fish change when exposed to the antidepressant medication fluoxetine. Credit: ...

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced 14 gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, the animals were, in some ways, stepping into a new world. After humans hunted wolves to ...

As biological researcher Kelly Estrada Piedrahita and her assistant, Shirley Fench, made their way through a slime-green-covered lake in a small boat, fellow researcher and photographer Haolun “Allen” ...

An international team of scientists has developed ways to measure and compare the impact of "darkwaves"—when extreme weather events or human activities reduce underwater light for extended periods, ...

The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Vast and powerful, the ...

The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...

A new WSU-led study identifies where reducing human-caused nutrient pollution could make the greatest difference for coastal ...