A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

In a new study published today in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global ...

Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.

An experiment spanning 16 years found that places reforested with five kinds of trees stored 36% more carbon than ...

Gardening in March is a very important task. As the month has a mixture of warm and cold temperatures, it's essential to be taking care of the outdoor spaces, and palm trees don't require much to do.

A stunning evergreen, flowering vine with thorny, branching stems, the bougainvillea is native to South America. Since it's a ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

Alberta winters are long, cold, and relentless. It’s something we know all too well yet endure year after year. Some people ...

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth.

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular ... In addition, Heliconia plants are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, invasive species ...

The “perfect” tropical beach hardly needs to be described; it’s on the Instagram post, in the pages of a travel magazine: ...

Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...