Agents of Behemoth

The biggest journey in a sea turtle’s life is in the first steps it takes. They face obstacles like bright street lights, hungry seabirds or raccoons and, once in the water, commercial fishing nets or stray plastic they mistake as a jellyfish snack. But now, leatherback sea turtles face another risk, according to a new Florida Atlantic University study — rising temperatures from climate change. 

In a camping tent in the Peruvian jungle, four scientists crowded around a tiny patient: An Amazonian rodent that could fit in the palm of a human hand. 

A vast area at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean earmarked for controversial deep sea mineral mining is home to thousands of species unknown to science and more complex than previously understood, according to several new studies.

Climate scientists warned Friday that worsening atmospheric and marine heatwaves threaten food security around the world.Large swaths of the Northern Hemisphere have been pummeled in recent weeks by serial heatwaves exacerbated by the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis. 

From a distance, everything looks normal: neat rows of peach trees, their green leaves fluttering in the wind, near a pretty little American farmhouse. But Georgia farmer Stuart Gregg searched in vain among the branches, unable to find a single piece of fruit.

As he dipped a net into a big cylindrical tub in the dimly lit fish laboratory at the University of Minnesota’s Hodson Hall, Dr. Peter Sorensen scooped a half dozen small silvery fish and gazed at the wiggling, bug-eyed creatures with a look of benevolence.

Climate change is remapping where humans can exist on the planet. As optimum conditions shift away from the equator and toward the poles, more than 600 million people have already been stranded outside of a crucial environmental niche that scientists say best supports life. 

The heat dries up the land, making it unable to absorb water if heavy rainfall follows the extreme heat.

While humans can adapt to their environment by building or modifying a house, animals can only move in search of environments where they can thrive, one expert said.

Head of World Meteorological Organization also warns ‘climate action is not a luxury but a must’ as temperatures soar

The water off South Florida has literally become as warm as a hot tub as researchers are discovering dying coral reefs.

With the Tokyo Electric Power Company planning to begin a release of 1.3 million tonnes of treated wastewater from the former Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan next month, reports of radioactive fish in the area have raised alarm in recent years—and new reporting on Sunday revealed...

Wetlands just outside India's Kolkata have for generations provided tons of food daily and thousands of jobs as they filter sewage through fish ponds -- but rapid urbanization is threatening the ecosystem.

Tiny pieces of plastic have been found littered throughout human bodies, trapped in our lungs and laced through our blood, but the long-term health effects of this exposure remain unclear. Every day humans ingest, inhale or otherwise come in contact with microplastics...

Antarctic currents that enrich 40% of Earth's deep ocean with oxygen and nutrients that are vital for marine life have slowed dangerously in recent decades and could collapse by mid-century, a study published Thursday revealed.

People are finding huge, scaleless fish with sharp fangs and bulging eyes on the beaches of Oregon — and it's not clear why it's happening, according to the Associated Press. Within the last few weeks, several lancetfish have appeared on beaches from Nehalem, in northern Oregon, to Bandon...