Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one ...

An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions ...

This midrash encourages a focus on the present moment and fulfilling our responsibilities before rushing toward something ...

Earth system models are essential tools for studying complex planetary processes, including interactions between the atmosphere and biosphere.

In this episode of Weekly podcast, we speak to three experts who study different ways that people are affecting how plants and animals evolve – and how humanity has become the single biggest driver of ...

The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...

The story of human evolution in ancient past is said to be written in our modern bodies. In his book “Descent of Man,” Charles Darwin talks about vestigial structures. A vestigial structure is a body ...

Agarwood is created when incense trees are cut, which causes the plant to produce a dark resin to prevent infection ... tree ...

Environmentalists say illegal incense tree felling is on the rise in Hong Kong, fuelled by black market demand.

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...

A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the ...

Abortion rights advocates feared the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to state abortion bans would also ...