Life can’t function without insects. At least, not for long. They pollinate, break down waste, cycle nutrients, and touch ...

Researchers found that modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow mostly in Florida, likely have come about as ...

A study of Chinese agriculture recommends planting areas currently growing maize and rapeseed with alternative crops to ...

For over 50 years each spring, researchers with Connecticut’s Great Mountain Forest, nestled in the Litchfield Hills, have been recording how early three Persian Lilac trees begin to bud and flower.

If you like the smell of spring roses, the sounds of summer birdsong, and the colors of fall foliage, you have the stabilization of the ozone layer to thank for it. Located in the stratosphere, where ...

Scientists say the frozen remnants of an ancient forest discovered 600 feet above the modern tree line on the Beartooth Plateau may portend possible changes for the alpine ecosystem if the climate ...

An international team led by McGill University researchers has devised a way to improve the accuracy of climate change models ...

Around 370 million years ago, Earth gradually descended into the longest lived and probably the most intense ice age ...