New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why certain ...

Louisiana Tech University has announced the appointment of Dr. Matthew Thornton as the new department head of the School of ...

Vultures, hyenas, and other scavengers look ugly and may never win any popularity contests, but these misunderstood animals ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

Human ecology education is a transformative program that focuses on the interplay between humans and our human ecosystem. It is an interdisciplinary educational field that combines physical and ...

Global degradation of ecosystems is widely believed to threaten human welfare, yet accepted measures of well-being show that it is on average improving globally, both in poor countries and rich ones.

Humans have depleted nonrenewable resources and sullied renewable resources essential to life, such as water and air, and so undermined not only ecosystem health but human health as well.

Scientists unravel human-ecosystem interactions Infectious disease, nanotechnology and urban ecology to be explored at ESA’s Annual Meeting ...

Humans living along the northern shores of East Africa's Lake Malawi were altering the local ecosystem with fire as early as 92,000 years ago, according to a new study.

Ecosystem services are valued at $30 trillion – more than the combined domestic product of all nations. Degrading them causes economic harm, as well as human suffering.

This does not mean that once humans arrive, the ecosystem stops functioning. In fact, these ecosystems have a tendency to self-organize and manifest novel qualities without intensive human management.

The largest muscle in the human body is the Gluteus Maximus. It is responsible for keeping your posture upright, and is the principal antigravity force working when you walk up stairs.