First results of a resurvey of animal populations in Yosemite National Park show that small mammals have moved to higher elevations as a result of warming, some expanding their range upward, others moving upward and abandoning lower elevations entirely. (University of California - Berkeley press release)

Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate U.S. health standards, according to a new study that found that California wildfires in 2007 tripled the number of ozone violations across a broad area. (NCAR/UCAR press release)

New research into volcanoes has found that they function in a far more complex way than previously thought, making future eruptions even harder to predict. (University of East Anglia press release)

A team led by Livermore scientists has helped reconcile the differences between simulated and observed temperature trends in the tropics. (DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory press release)

A new look at a classic experiment reveals volcanoes may have played a crucial role in the rise of life on Earth.

Lightning and gases from volcanic eruptions could have given rise to the first life on Earth, according to a new analysis of samples from a classic origin-of-life experiment. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center press release)

Measuring a chemical tracer in samples of ancient fish scales, bones and teeth, University of Missouri and University of Florida researchers have studied circulation in the Late Cretaceous North Atlantic Ocean. (University of Missouri-Columbia press release)

When Jeffrey Sachs speaks of poverty, he’s not talking about a hungry waif in New York or a homeless person in Chicago.

Science and relief efforts come together in the aftermath of the Kashmir Earthquake.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 AWI-Hayden-Panettiere WASHINGTON , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Actress Hayden Panettiere , currently starring on the hit NBC series ” Heroes,” will lead hundreds of participants in an aerial …