The persistent presence of humans and their infrastructure in U.S. national parks has yielded dramatic changes in the behaviors of large animals who live there, a new study has found. Even during ...

The plants that have evolved to become carnivorous grow in places where they have enough sunlight and water but not enough ...

When I first saw this vegetation, I thought I was on another planet. It was all so different. … Not just the architecture of ...

A coral species that was thought to have been extinct since 2000 has been rediscovered by researchers.

A lot of attention has been paid to how climate change can drive biodiversity loss. Now, MIT researchers have shown that the ...

Across the globe, wildlife is in crisis. Insect populations are crashing, bird species are disappearing, and pollinators, the ...

A first-of-its-kind study traces the rise of ant- and termite-eaters, revealing how mammals returned to the evolutionary ...

It opens up the possibility that an invisible ecosystem might exist between plants and animals.

A new study argues that religion, politics and war affect how animals and plants in cities evolve, and the confluence of ...

Why scientists and policy experts are mapping the genomes of every animal, plant and fungal species in the US by Katherine Fenz, Rockefeller University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin ...

From poison ivy to chiggers and coyotes, here are the hazardous plants, insects and animals to watch out for — and what to do if you see them in Iowa.

So far, citizen scientists have recorded more than 100 species of plants and animals there, including several species of bees, moths and butterflies.