Imagine a prairie. How many plant species do you see? Maybe you're picturing yellow coneflowers, some little bluestem, ...

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

A world map of plant diversity Date: November 15, 2022 Source: University of Göttingen Summary: Why are there more plant species in some places than in others?

Non-native plants reduce the diversity of insect populations in gardens, even where the non-native plants are closely related to the native plants, new research shows. The goal of this research ...

Drier climate and livestock grazing pressure jointly help to shape the diversity of plant traits in drylands worldwide.

For the study, researchers examined 53 species of insects — mostly caterpillars, as well as grasshoppers, beetles, aphids and flies. They applied a universal mathematical law called Jensen’s ...

Researchers examined data for 628 species studied between 1985 and 2019. The greatest losses in genetic variation were seen in birds and mammals. Findings were published in the journal Nature.

Experts want to combat new species of plants that are moving around within the United States, and coming from around the ...

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

The initial radiation of vascular land plants, evidenced by increases in both diversity and morphological disparity during ...