Conservationists have long focused on saving the tropics and the Arctic, but a sweeping new study of 40,000 sites worldwide ...

A new study argues that temperate zones are hotbeds of evolution, not tropical areas as conventionally held. The research, published in the March 16 issue of the journal Science, says that species do ...

The temperate zone is intentionally a broader definition than the conservative habitable zone. The conservative habitable zone is based on a planet's ability to foster liquid water on its surface. But ...

Researchers from the University of Arizona found that climate change is causing more species to go extinct in temperate ...

Despite New Zealanders’ close connection with the oceans, very few will have heard of “temperate mesophotic ecosystems” (TMEs). Even fewer will appreciate their importance for coastal fisheries, and ...

Tropical species will be most at risk from rising temperatures as the discrepancy between physiological thermal limits and projected temperatures is highest in tropical regions, research shows. In ...

A map showing North America's tropical-to-temperate transition zone. Red, orange and yellow depict the more tropical zones, and blues depict the more temperate zones, based on the coldest recorded ...