Never before has a single species become the top predator on land and sea, and human dominance over the natural environment has caused shifts in world ecosystems unprecedented in the last 500 ...

There is abundant evidence that human beings are beginning to alter some of the planet's basic physical, chemical and biological systems, 1, 2, 3 endangering other species and disrupting ecosystems in ...

In an age when humans in industrialized countries have good access to birth control and are seldom eaten by predators, is natural selection still directing our evolution? Probably more than you ...

In ecological terms, they are now functionally extinct. The decline of both bats and vultures is already disrupting ecosystems and negatively impacting human health.

Even the best of human-developed technologies cannot match nature, says marine biologist and Padma Shri recipient Ajai Kumar Sonkar, whose experiments show that oysters cultivated in a scientifically ...

"Human activity facilitates invasive plants' colonization in Mediterranean ecosystems." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 12 January 2024. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 01 / 240112114733.htm>.

Feeding polar bears hasn’t been done before in their natural habitat, but in Europe, brown bear populations are sustained through human feeding and in the U.S., elk are fed.

The European Environment Agency estimates that noise pollution contributes to 48,000 new cases of heart disease and 12,000 premature deaths each year.

Alberta's ecosystems and the natural beauty they create are still largely intact but parts are disappearing at rates that exceed deforestation in the Amazon rain forest. "We continue to lose ...