For the past three months the chatter of the Arctic Tern colony has served as the soundtrack of the summer breeding season.

The land they inhabit is warming faster than most of the planet. This is a surprisingly diverse region, where birds, mammals, and plants eke out a delicate existence in frigid temperatures. As hard as ...

Deep snows prevent the release of carbon dioxide from boreal forests, but when the snows are shallower it can escape, making global heating almost impossible to stop. However, reindeer and their wild ...

The PACE mission's Ocean Color Instrument tracks plant productivity, offering insights into climate impacts and carbon ...

Returning home and visiting my daughters who live in Surrey, I was struck by the beauty of the Scots pines that surround their gardens. Here, the oleanders and plumbago are replaced by rhododendrons ...

Permafrost - ground that remains frozen for at least two years - blankets roughly 17% of the Earth's land surface, mostly in ...

This photography contest highlights the beauty of birds and the ways they connect people across geographies and ecosystems.

Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have ...

September 13, 2025: We're added new rewards for the GaG Fall Market event: the latest to require specific plant classes. What are the Grow a Garden plants and plant types? If you're looking into ...

September 13, 2025: Added new Prickly plants to the list you can grow and donate to the GaG Fall Market event. What are Prickly plants in Grow a Garden? If that's a question you're asking, you're ...

Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;Lengthen night and shorten day;Every leaf speaks bliss to meFluttering from the autumn ...