Edinburgh writer and TV presenter Alice Morrison set off on the initial stage of the 2.500km expedition on New Year's Day at ...

Scientists studied plant DNA to understand past extinctions. They found that warming climates increase competition, ...

Ecosystem engineers are plants or animals that create, modify or maintain habitats. As Joshua Larsen, an associate professor at the University of Birmingham, explains, beavers are a perfect example of ...

In 2018, researchers estimated there were fewer than 100 individuals of the critically endangered Sombrero ground lizard on ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

Oxnard's 90-acre North Shore at Mandalay Bay project has been stalled by toxic waste cleanup and other issues for almost 30 years.

Jan. 28, 2025 — A new study explores the effects of both recent and lifetime cannabis use on brain function during cognitive tasks. The study, the largest of its kind ever to be completed ...

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

A species of grasshopper native to Appalachia, believed to be extinct, was spotted last year in Augusta County. It’s among several rare and never before seen plants and animals that were discovered in ...

Apparently, a recent mass extinction event in South America never actually happened. For four decades, it was believed that a ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

A dawn redwood planted in 1954 stands about 86 feet tall and 3.9 feet in diameter at Michigan State University's Beal ...