Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

Some efforts to preserve or rewild natural habitats are shifting harmful land use to other parts of the world—and this could ...

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In a new study, a UC San Diego-led team of researchers introduces the framework for Marine Prosperity Areas—an ambitious ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call. Since then, health experts worldwide have sat on tenterhooks, ...

Our brains build maps of the environment that help us understand the world around us, allowing us to think, recall, and plan.

"Most of the species are plants," said Jesse Leddick, assistant director of Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program in the Mass. Division of Fisheries & Wildlife. "Interesti ...