The dire state of seagrass.

US wildlife agency bids to revitalize research with focus on effects of global warming.

Ecologist Breck Bowden talks about the consequences of thawing permafrost in Alaska.

Destruction of seagrass on a par with loss of rainforests and coral reefs.

A neuropsychologist talks about the challenges of studying the addicted brain.

'Higher quality' male seed beetles lose post-copulatory battle.

'Higher quality' male seed beetles lose post-copulatory battle.

Scientific relations warm between mainland China and Taiwan.

The iPlant programme was designed to give plant scientists a new information infrastructure. But first they had to decide what they wanted, finds Heidi Ledford.

Blogs and Twitter are opening up meetings to those not actually there. Does that mean too much access to science in the raw, asks Geoff Brumfiel.

Researchers face cutbacks and lay-offs.

The iPlant programme was designed to give plant scientists a new information infrastructure. But first they had to decide what they wanted, finds Heidi Ledford.

Researchers face cutbacks and lay-offs.

Researchers face cutbacks and lay-offs.

Researchers face cutbacks and lay-offs.

Lack of original ideas leaves societies vulnerable to environmental upheaval, model suggests.

Lack of original ideas leaves societies vulnerable to environmental upheaval, model suggests.

Lack of original ideas leaves societies vulnerable to environmental upheaval, model suggests.

Eilon Vaadia on the drive to make an Israeli institute one of the top places for brain research.

Perception of arm size altered after using mechanical grabber.