Plant species can fulfill different functions within an ecosystem, even if they are closely related to each other. This surprising conclusion was reached by a global analysis of around 1.7 million ...

Pennsylvania’s farms could become more resilient to severe weather brought on by climate change thanks to $40.8 million in federal grant money.

The rise of dinosaurs is one of evolution's most intriguing success stories. Emerging in the mid-Triassic period, their ...

Indonesia, with its large population and extensive coastlines, faces an enormous challenge in managing plastic waste, making it one of the world's top contributors to marine plastic pollution. Four ...

When you buy a bottle of Coca-Cola or a Snickers bar, the price probably doesn't break the bank. But what if the true cost of ...

Liu Guifu, 74, never imagined that one day he would come face to face with a Siberian tiger in his own yard.Liu is a villager ...

The unexpected discovery of microbial life in a piece of rock from an asteroid shows how hard it is to avoid contaminating samples brought back to Earth ...

As soil dries, plants limit water loss by closing tiny apertures called stomata in their leaves. A global analysis reveals ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a historic $1.5 billion for 92 partner-driven conservation projects through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), a ...

terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems worldwide. The researchers note the impact of the viral disease rinderpest in East Africa in the 1890s which decimated the large plant feeders, an example of a ...

In other words, for every George Lucas or Ridley Scott, there for the thrusters and lasers, you have your Stanley Kubrick or Christopher Nolan, using the cosmic vacuum as a place to test some of our ...