Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador, a team of researchers from a local NGO and a ...

This ancient tree provided the wood for the first ship to reach Laugh Tale, the Oro Jackson, but its significance may go far ...

This tree species does not tolerate wet feet. In urban environments, many growing sites have poor drainage due to compacted ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...

Malagasy people have been using Madagascar’s unique native plants for food, medicine and handcrafts for thousands of years.

New research reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise. The study, based on specimens collected since the 1800s, finds biofluorescence in 37 of the ...

According to the Woodland Trust, tree roots, such as those from oak trees, can cause subsidence - this is where your house ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...

Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...

The Norway maple is a medium to large deciduous tree, introduced into North America in the 1700s. Often mistaken for the native sugar maple, Norway maple leaves are typically larger and turn yellow in ...