The First Recorded Climate Victim The Bramble Cay melomys, an unassuming rodent that once inhabited a coral island in ...

The Ice Warriors Struggling to Survive Polar bears are often considered the poster child for climate change due to their dependence on sea ice for survival. As the temperature rises, the Arctic ice ...

A new study led by UC Santa Cruz ecology and evolutionary biologist Malin Pinsky finds that temperature changes due to ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations.

Animals, like humans, are experiencing the effects of climate change, with many species at risk of extinction. The good news is that some animals have been showing signs of adaptation and are ...

Genetic alterations may help mosquitoes adjust to climate change, shifting the distribution of mosquito-borne disease in a ...

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a ...

It's not uncommon for the type of animals and plants in a particular area to change over time. It's called species turnover ...

By depositing substantial piles of dung, vicuñas are speeding up plant colonization on freshly deglaciated terrain.

While climate change and the resulting rising temperatures are threatening animal populations worldwide, rats are actually ...