Mosquitoes are important vectors of diseases such as malaria, dengue, West Nile and Rift Valley fever which are a global health threat to humans and livestock 1. These vectors breed in a wide range of ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps of invasion risk for thousands of alien plant species under current ...

The tropics and subtropics, collectively the Greater Tropics, are home to most of Earth’s biodiversity and humanity, and are undergoing unprecedented transformations driven by global change. In this ...

For generations, artists and science-fiction writers have imagined alien landscapes beneath twin sunsets. The image became ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.