Earth's journey to its colourful present began over 600 million years ago with the evolution of vision. From plant hues ...

Using mathematical modeling, researchers have discovered that rate-induced tipping, which can happen if an environment changes too fast, can happen even in Daisyworld, a simple daisy-filled ecological ...

Billions of years ago, the molecular building blocks of life emerged from a complex web of chemical and geological processes.

evolution and sytematics, biodiversity, conservation, earth and environmental science. Students work closely with one or more faculty members to master their chosen area of environmental research. We ...

Explore how new research suggests that intelligent life may emerge naturally under favorable conditions over time.

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research.

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Imagine a world filled only with daisies. Light-colored daisies reflect sunlight, cooling down the planet, while darker daisies absorb sunlight, warming it up. Together, these two types of daisies ...

Evolution describes changes in inherited traits of populations through successive generations. To fully understand the science of ecology ... organisms and changing environmental conditions ...

About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big ...

Long Island native Robert L. Foster spent 12 years working at an environmental lobbying group and uses his experience in his ...