Population ecology is the study of how populations — of plants, animals, and other organisms — change over time and space and interact with their environment. Populations are groups of organisms of ...

Human-wildlife overlap is projected to increase across more than half of all lands around the globe by 2070. The main driver of these changes is human population growth. This is the central finding of ...

Over the past century, the world's human population has exploded from around 2 billion to 8 billion. Meanwhile, the average fertility rate has gradually declined. And if that trend continues as it has ...

As the human population increases and we build more and more infrastructure across the planet, there will be increasing overlap between humans and animals in the next 50 years. About 57 percent of all ...

Scientists have performed genetic analysis on a previously unknown ancient Indigenous population in the Pampas region of ...

While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we might be vastly underrepresenting rural areas. By analyzing 300 rural dam projects across 35 ...

Global population will soon decline for the first time since the Black Death, but this time it’s due to human choices, not disease. Falling birthrates will lead to shrinking, aging societies worldwide ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.

Harrison J. Ostridge received funding from the Natural Environment Research Council through the London NERC Doctoral Training Programme scholarship, grant no. NE/L002485/1. Aida Andres receives ...