WASHINGTON (AP) — Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt ... A witness who identified the suspects was "scared, probably high, ...

Plants survive climate change using genetic variations. Scientists studied Marchantia polymorpha to find key adaptation ...

Scientists studied plant DNA to understand past extinctions. They found that warming climates increase competition, ...

A volunteer at Texas’ Big Bend National Park spotted bright red blooms after rain in a remote stretch of desert, leading to ...

Pangolins are unique as they are the only mammal to be covered in scales. Even though they are scaly, photos of them are ...

In 2019, scientists rediscovered a species of miniature deer long lost to science within the dry coastal forests of southern ...

Filled with colorful maps and photos, tips, trivia and bygone context, the newly expanded edition of the guidebook "Seattle ...

The rupture in the shared deep history of the baboon–human relationship came with the shift from hunter-gatherer lifeways to ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750—twice the number of animal species lost. But which species are hit ...

Golf courses are sometimes seen as harmful to the environment. According to the popular notion, the grass soaks up too much water, is cut too short a ...