The name change reflects a broader mission as the center celebrates its 20th anniversary and prepares for its annual Sustainability Symposium.

In a unique class hosted at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, early-career ecologists learned to apply emerging ...

Which careers related to biology? Find out the jobs available in this discipline, the qualifications, the skills needed and ...

With vascular tissue, plant life really started to flourish. By about 360 million years ago, vast forests covered much of Earth. Giant ferns and treelike plants, some over 100 feet (30 meters) tall, ...

As the lifespan of an adult Japanese rhinoceros beetle is a maximum of about two to three weeks in the wild, mating is believed to be programmed to be a once-in-a-lifetime event.

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). Students in the 2026 cohort are engaged in advocacy with ...

The experiment began with a straightforward prediction: microbes from older mice would age young ovaries. But when the ...

Will humanity extend into the far future? It's likely many of us think it should. The problem is that each of us, individually and collectively, act otherwise—we are destroying the environment and ...

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

Conservation has long wrestled with a deceptively simple question: not whether to act, but where action will matter most. Forest restoration, protected areas, wildlife corridors, and enforcement ...

Demonstrating their mastery of environmental science and real-world ecological issues, the Whiteland Community High School Envirothon team claimed a regional victory and earned a spot in the upcoming ...

Cam Mosley studies how climate change is reshaping freshwater fisheries — while building community, mentorship and belonging in conservation science.