CHICAGO–The earth experienced its biggest mass extinction about 250 million years ago, an event that wiped out an estimated 95% of marine species and 70% of land species. New research shows that this ...

Scientists say the health of a terrestrial ecosystem can be largely determined by three variables: vegetations' ability to uptake carbon, its efficiency in using carbon and its efficiency in using ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Not killing bees and other insects is a great way to protect our ecosystem and ensure our plant life continues to proliferate. But there are lots of insects that do a good bit of ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An international collaboration, including Oregon State University researcher Bev Law, says the health of a terrestrial ecosystem can be largely determined by three variables: ...

These days, when you lace up your hiking boots to explore Yellowstone National Park, you might be as excited about the possibility of spotting a wolf in the wild as you are about seeing an erupting ...

image: In the Cretaceous about 80 million years ago -- well after the end-Permian mass extinction -- the ocean floor was dominated by complex ecosystems that had largely displaced the simple ...