A potted scarlet monkeyflower would die within a few days without water. But multiple natural populations of the species ...

The story of a wildflower that adapted to a severe drought in California raises hopes that evolution will come to the rescue ...

As the saying goes, there are plenty more fish in the sea—but climate change is rapidly challenging that notion, with fish ...

Understanding history helps us make sense of the present and even make predictions for the future. It’s not just historians who study history, but scientists as well. As climate change shifts the ...

Have you ever wondered why moose in Alaska are larger than their southern relatives? Have you considered why many Arctic ...

Wild scarlet monkeyflowers in California survived a historic drought by relying on a rapid evolution, marking the first time the process has been observed in the wild.

Some animals are evolving faster than scientists previously thought possible, due to climate change. We can too.

“They (polar bears) have indeed lost a lot of their past genetic diversity, and because of this, they are very likely more sensitive to climate-change threats today.” An analysis of newly sequenced ...