Ballistic dispersal uses force to launch seeds away from the parent plant. Active force happens when the seed pod dries out.

Land use and farming, not warming, erased most of Mount Kilimanjaro’s native plants, according to a century-long biodiversity ...

Lucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak ...

Each month, Bringing Nature Home will celebrate the so-called RHS Wildlife Wonders, with a star plant lauded for how it supports wildlife. For example, January’s nominated plant is shrubby honeysuckle ...

Mt. Rainier National Park is one of the best locations to view the iconic wildlife of the American Pacific Northwest.

Transferring one species to another is how to create genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. This creates something not ...

UCLA bat biologist Joey Curti hopes his nighttime bat walks will educate people about the diversity of species flapping just above our heads.

In the winding canals and farms on the fringes of Mexico City, the flower known as the Mexican marigold has been farmed for ...

Land plants—such as mosses, ferns and trees—are some of the ... "This tells us that we need to sample a broad diversity of ...

The planet is on the cusp of triggering the sixth mass extinction event. Conserving a small percentage of land could make all ...

Though the dinosaurs were all killed by a meteor, not all were created equal in life. This species in particular was adept at ...