Near the end of the Reagan-Bush era, in 1991, the Gallup poll showed more than three-fourths of all Americans — 78% — identified themselves as environmentalists. Nearly 40% called themselves “strong ...

New research reveals glaciers are steadily losing their battle against the impacts of climate change. Glaciers appear to be resisting the effects of climate change by cooling the air that comes into ...

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The uplift of East Africa during the Miocene epoch dramatically transformed the region's climate and ecosystems, promoting the expansion of grassland and reshaping habitats for mammals and early ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, just outside Tucson, Ariz., sits a massive, multilevel greenhouse that's probably best known as the inspiration for a Pauly Shore movie. A slick, stepped ...

Green jays are vivid corvids mainly found in the tropics and subtropics, with a broad distribution stretching from Honduras ...

Ecosystem restoration projects aim to restore biodiversity and associated compromised ecosystem services. Evidence is ...

A backyard sighting has led to what researchers say may be the first hybrid offspring of a blue jay mating with a green jay.