Since European colonisation, Australia’s ecosystems and ecological communities have been under immense pressure. More than ...

Naturally occurring meadows of eelgrass—the most common type of seagrass found along the East Coast of the United States—are ...

An underwater gardening experiment along the East Coast aims to restore a type of seagrass called eelgrass, at risk of ...

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 ...

"We expected to see some greening, but I don't think we were expecting it on the scale that we reported here," researcher Tom ...

This summer on his final tour, and for the last 48 years, Richard Dawkins has argued that living things are the sum of their ...

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

A major global study using teabags as a measuring device shows warming temperatures may reduce the amount of carbon stored in ...

World Soil Day 2024 is right around the corner. The Dec. 5 internation day is to celebrate the importance of healthy soil and ...

We hope you enjoy this gallery celebrating the native plants birds depend on to eat, nest, and rest. (For extra credit, see ...

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