For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The ...

A research team has created a comprehensive evolutionary tree of all bird species, integrating data from hundreds of studies ...

Some stinky plants independently evolved an enzyme to take the same molecule behind our bad breath and turn it into the smell of rotting flesh.

In the Dolomite mountains of Italy, something unusual happened in a spruce forest. It waited. Not passively, like a crowd ...

Spruce trees retain ancient memories of their environment and communicate with one other in the hours preceding a solar ...

The Florida Museum of Natural History has partnered with 35 herbarium collections across the United States to create a web ...

The Thompsons bought the tree for £70, not knowing they were planting a piece of Earth’s prehistoric past. Their dedication ...

An international study revealed that trees, particularly older ones, display a coordinated, anticipatory response to solar eclipses —signaling to each other with bioelectrical pulses in a manner ...

Researchers have combined decades of scientific data, tracing how all birds are related. This provides an evolutionary map ...

Tuberculosis is the world's deadliest infectious disease, due in part to its ability to hide out for years in the lungs ...

Evolution has fostered many reproductive strategies across the spectrum of life. From dandelions to giraffes, nature finds a ...