This article originally appeared on The Revelator. Imagine a vast agricultural field, endless rows of soy or corn running for acres in every direction. Now imagine that this field grows where a mighty ...

A University of Florida professor visited the University of Connecticut on Thursday, Feb. 5, to discuss the impact of habitat fragmentation and drought on tropical plants.

When natural habitats are cleared to make way for cities, roads and agriculture, this often leaves behind "islands" of fragmented habitat that can place species at risk of extinction. Species are at ...

Habitat fragmentation is a landscape-level process in which continuous habitats are subdivided into smaller, isolated patches by natural or anthropogenic disturbances, altering spatial configuration ...

Tropical forest birds, which tend to have wings that are short and round relative to their body length and shape, are more sensitive to habitat fragmentation than the long-, slender-winged species ...

Plants can carry long-lasting genetic damage from past population crashes, leaving them more vulnerable to future environmental change.

I was driving to work yesterday, and a squirrel darted in front of my car. He nearly lost his life. He does it several times a day. Every day. One of these days he won’t make it to the other side. Why ...

Minnesotans will soon be able to hike and fish on more than 200 acres in the Cannon River watershed thanks to a major conservation purchase by the Trust for Public Land. The purchase includes a wooded ...