Discover why tiny Amazon insects are so vulnerable to heat and what their decline could mean for forests, wildlife, and people.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology research scientist Evan Fricke has spent nearly 15 years studying how wildlife shapes the health of our forests, and his latest findings are eye-opening. Through ...

Mindoro is home to a unique bounty of mammalian wildlife. Many of these animals – including the famous tamaraw, as well as the Mindoro warty pig, and the humble Mindoro shrew – are endemic to the ...

New research analyzing more than 3,000 tropical forest sites reveals that areas with fewer seed-dispersing animals store up to four times less carbon than forests with healthy wildlife populations.

A lot of attention has been paid to how climate change can drive biodiversity loss. Now, MIT researchers have shown the reverse is also true: Reductions in biodiversity can jeopardize one of Earth’s ...