These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their remarkable ability to survive these conditions could offer a key model for rese ...

Scientists studying ancient ocean fossils found that the Arabian Sea was better oxygenated 16 million years ago, even though ...

In its natural state, peatland is one of the largest carbon stores in nature. This is because the soil is so waterlogged and ...

Key findingsArabian Sea was better oxygenated 16 million years ago than it is today, despite warmer climate conditions.Monsoons, ocean circulation ...

MANITOWOC, Wis. (WFRV) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill in Silver Lake in ...

A new study led by former Syracuse University doctoral student Ruliang He and co-authored by his advisor, Earth and environmental sciences Professor Zunli Lu, reveals that Earth's ancient tropical ...

The light-sensitive tissue of birds’ eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels – instead, it powers itself with a ...

New research shows ancient tropical oceans once held more oxygen than cooler regions, reshaping where early life could survive and evolve.

Wetlands make up only about 6% of the land area but contain about 30% of the terrestrial organic carbon pool. Therefore, CO2 ...

Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is investigating a significant die-off of fish recently reported on Silver Lake in Manitowoc County.

The tropical oceans that once served as oxygen-rich havens for Earth's earliest complex life have become the planet's largest marine dead zones. The ...

Eels, roaches, carp and bream were among the species to die at St Ouen's Pond in Jersey last August.