The team ran experiments offering people who returned bottles the option of getting a typical ten-cent payout—or the small ...

A swarm of destructive wasp-like insects is spreading fast, and it could mean bad news for pine trees, holiday traditions, and your backyard.

As temperatures rise, local officials warn residents about the Western Pine Bark Beetle, a native insect that affects ...

Pine is a coniferous tree in the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. There are about 111 species of pines worldwide, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.

The world’s oldest cinema is in France, but more surprisingly Australia lays claim to its oldest outdoor screen. Broome, on ...

All tree leaves have an outer layer called the epidermis, which can also be used in the identification process. This leaf "skin" always has a waxy cover called the cuticle and varies in thickness.

Pine sawflies are invasive bugs that resemble wasps and are taking over pine trees in Washington's Pierce County.

Once mostly confined to the Pacific Northwest, the Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) has worked its way ...

A ketogenic diet halts malaria parasite growth A new study reveals that the host-derived ketone body, β-hydroxybutyrate, protects against malaria in mice by inhibiting Plasmodium development.

Parasite genomics is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the genetic material (genome) of parasites, primarily using sequencing, bioinformatics and computational tools. The ...