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 ...

Japan is decades ahead of the rest of the world with an aging and shrinking population. There are some who claim we don’t know what will happen with future populations. However, the next 20 years are ...

The Southeastern U.S. was responsible for nearly 90 percent of the population growth that occurred in rural America last year, a Daily Yonder analysis of 2023 Census Bureau data shows. From 2022 to ...

Birth rates have dropped faster than life expectancy has increased, causing slower population growth around the world. Forecasts from the United Nations predict that world population will actually ...

Sometimes numbers don’t tell the whole story. The latest state population update might qualify as a case in point. According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures, most Massachusetts communities ...