In southern California’s Coachella Valley, pale sand dunes sprawl under the desert sun, shifting and re-forming in the wind.

Genetics research reveals how diverse complex biological systems are. Diversity and collaboration make for more thorough and ...

Native grass species serve as vital germplasm resources and have evolved impressive traits like drought, cold, disease, and ...

Scholars and schoolchildren alike have generally classified animals by the foods they eat: carnivores eat meat; browsers ...

The quintessential ice cream flavour is under threat, and many other dessert staples along with it, according to climate ...

Based on data from the Noah’s Ark National Biological Diversity Database, managed by the General Directorate of Nature ...

As summer fully sets in it is a good time to assess how our gardens are growing. Consider what is growing well, and what is ...

One crisp Dec morning in 2000, during a routine visit to the Aralam forests, butterfly experts Jaffer Palot and V C Balakrishnan witnessed a breathtaking sight—an endless stream of Common Albatross ...

Root microbiomes contain microbes that help plants survive times of stress and may potentially improve crop yields in ...

With a little careful planning, biodiversity can be created when a new landscape is designed or increased if correct plants replace plants that die.

More than 500 native plants in San Diego County are held in a Native Seed Bank at the zoo. Those seeds are dried down to a ...

The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and ...