Featured news
08 Jun 2026
Finding Nemo: AI tech could spot smuggled seahorses in suitcases
New automatic detection algorithm integrates into 3D scanners to help catch marine wildlife trafficking in luggage
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Environment
22 May 2026
Seagrass found to ‘give birth’ to new genetic individuals rather than clone itself, offering hope for our underwater gardens
Seagrass seedlings come from sexual reproduction, not cloning, preserving essential genetic diversity
Environment
21 May 2026
Frontiers in Science: How AI could help scientists secure soil—a vital global resource
Soils store carbon, sustain ecosystems, and underpin global food and water systems. A new Frontiers in Science paper details how AI tools can help us adapt soils—and the systems they nurture—to a changing climate.
Frontiers news
22 Apr 2026
World’s leading science competition announces 25 international pioneers who can help humanity live within Earth’s boundaries
The Frontiers Planet Prize has announced 25 National Champions from leading research institutions across six continents – exceptional scientists whose research advances our understanding of our Earth system, while offering practical, scalable solutions to help keep humanity safely within the planetary boundaries.
Featured news
13 Apr 2026
18% of gray whales that enter San Francisco Bay die there, scientists find
The climate crisis is driving starving gray whales into busy San Francisco Bay, where they are hit and killed by vessels
Environment
09 Apr 2026
Frontiers in Science: Halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 critical to avoid disastrous effects on human well-being
Immediate call for global action to shift world towards a “nature positive” approach is published in Frontiers in Science.
Featured news
13 Mar 2026
Race against time to save Alpine ice cores recording medieval mining, fires, and volcanoes
Glacier ice can reveal air pollution dating back to the Roman Empire — but the climate crisis is destroying this frozen archive
Environment
27 Feb 2026
Fossil amber reveals the secret lives of Cretaceous ants
Scientists use insects trapped in amber to understand ecosystems that died out millions of years ago
Featured news
20 Feb 2026
Scientists reveal our best- and worst-case scenarios for a warming Antarctica
New study on the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the choices we make in the next decade will determine Antarctica’s fate for centuries
Featured news
10 Feb 2026
Bison hunters abandoned long-used site 1,100 years ago to adapt to changing climate
As drought and rising organizational demands for larger hunting operations hit at the same time, ancient hunters adapted to severe droughts by shifting the way and where they hunted, study shows
Life sciences
27 Jan 2026
96% accurate footprint tracker for tiny mammals could help reveal ecosystem health
New footprint identification technology can identify ecosystem-critical species which were once only distinguishable by DNA.
Life sciences
21 Jan 2026
DNA tests reveal mysterious beluga family trees
Groundbreaking DNA analysis of Alaskan beluga whales shows both males and females have many different mates.
Frontiers news
15 Oct 2025
Frontiers and World Economic Forum unveil top technologies to accelerate global climate and planetary health solutions
The World Economic Forum and leading open science publisher Frontiers today launched the inaugural 10 Emerging Technology Solutions for Planetary Health report, a landmark publication spotlighting ten breakthrough innovations that could accelerate global efforts to tackle climate change, restore ecosystems, and build long-term resilience. These technologies offer scalable, science-based solutions to help society operate within planetary boundaries and foster a more sustainable relationship with Earth's systems.
Featured news
22 Aug 2025
Wildfires can raise local death rate by 67%, shows study on 2023 Hawaiʻi fires
Scientists studying the devastating Lāhainā, Maui fires of August 2023 found that deaths were two-thirds higher than expected that month — and 367% higher during the most intense week of the blaze.
Environment
24 Jun 2025
Wildlife forensic scientists develop new tool to detect elephant ivory disguised as legal mammoth ivory
Stable isotope analysis can tell apart ivory from mammoths dug up from the permafrost and modern elephants, closing a loophole for selling elephant ivory