Climate models predict that the Arctic will become an additional 7 to 12 degrees Fahrenheit warmer during the next century. If that happens, scientists expect at least half the Arctic sea ice to melt by the year 2100, significantly raising sea levels across the world.
A new computer model built by a joint UK/Finnish team [...]

Cheap and abundant fossil fuels once seemed inexhaustible. But now an ever larger proportion of an ever-growing population is joining the developed world. Where will we get the energy to support all this growth? One answer is to build homes with natural energy efficiency. Find out how to turn your home into an Eco House. GO

While the developed world has begun to embrace green energy over the past decade, the governments of impoverished nations say the shift is keeping food out of the reach of the destitute. Crop shifts and subsidy politics are changing land use in the U.S. and India.

Last year, the deforestation of the Amazon rose sharply after three consecutive years in decline. Alarmed, the Brazilian government responded by launching Operation Arc of Fire, a campaign to deter illegal logging that has sparked controversy since it began in February.

If you could spend time with gorillas in their verdant mountainside habitat, you might be surprised to find that their family dynamics, political maneuvers, and personal quirks are quite complex–in some ways, almost “human.” Discover the intricacies of a gorilla family’s daily life at Nature online.

Legendary scientist Dian Fossey lived among the mountain gorillas of Rwanda for nearly 20 years, forging close relationships with individual apes. Her work, which showed the world that gorillas are social beings full of curiosity and affection, paved the way for gorilla conservation and research until her life was cruelly cut short as a result [...]

Isolated for 80 million years, the island of Madagascar is home to thousands of animal and plant species that exist nowhere else on Earth. However, decades of mining and slash-and-burn agriculture threaten to wipe out the island’s unique wildlife.
But now an international team of researchers has collected data with which they can create a blueprint [...]

Parents have a new reason to plant their kids on a piano bench after school. A new study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School indicates that children who diligently practice music can strengthen connections between the two hemispheres of their brains.

Researchers from the University of Tennessee and Agilent Labs recently determined that ivy has a secret trick that it uses to help it climb walls. Ivy actually secretes a gel-like material full of tiny nanoparticles as it grows skyward. When the material hardens, the plant is bonded firmly in place.
Now, some are suggesting that if [...]

On March 28, the northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf was officially removed from the federal endangered species list. However, some conservationists claim that the decision to delist the wolf was made too soon.