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The return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park has triggered one of the most dramatic ecosystem revivals ever measured, according to research published today in Global Ecology and Conservation.
Feb 6, 2025
The Great Salt Lake is losing water at an alarming rate of four inches per year, and saving it will likely require significant reductions in water used to irrigate livestock feed crops, according to new research published in Environmental Challenges.
Jan 7, 2025
New research reveals that reading alone in a café or listening to music during your commute may be more beneficial than complete isolation in nature, challenging common assumptions about the restorative power of total solitude.
Dec 18, 2024
A new report published in BioScience warns that the world is facing a climate emergency of unprecedented magnitude.
Oct 8, 2024
New research from Oregon State University (OSU) suggests that laws allowing cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs do not lead to unsafe behavior by either bicyclists or motorists.
Aug 26, 2024
New research reveals a concerning connection between feelings of loneliness and the occurrence of nightmares.
Aug 7, 2024
Hours after tagging an endangered basking shark off the coast of Ireland in April, researchers captured what they believe is the first ever video of a shark or any large marine animal being struck by a boat.
Jul 24, 2024
Gray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have undergone a significant decline in body length since around the year 2000, according to a new Oregon State University study.
Jun 13, 2024
A study by Oregon State University scientists has revealed significant changes in the communities of organisms living along the rocky shores of the Pacific…
Jun 5, 2024
Oregon State University scientists have sequenced the chia genome and in doing so provided a blueprint for future research that capitalizes on the nutritional and human health benefits of the plant.
Dec 14, 2023
Firsthand observations of a wolf hunting and killing a harbor seal and a group of wolves hunting and consuming a sea otter on Alaska’s Katmai coast have led scientists to reconsider assumptions about wolf hunting behavior.
Oct 31, 2023
An international coalition of climate scientists says in a paper published today that the Earth’s vital signs have worsened beyond anything humans have yet seen, to the point that life on the planet is imperiled.
Oct 25, 2023
Gut microbes found in wild wolves may be the key to alleviating a debilitating gastrointestinal condition common to domestic dogs, according to a study led by researchers at Oregon State University – Cascades.
Oct 3, 2023
Commercial whaling in the 20th century decimated populations of large whales but also appears to have had a lasting impact on the genetic diversity of today’s surviving whales, new research from Oregon State University shows.
Oct 3, 2023
