A floristic study documents all the plant species found within a specific geographical area. Some ambitious and large-scale floristic projects involve development of keys, detailed descriptions, and ...

In this lab, students play a board game designed to introduce the concepts of disturbance dynamics and succession in plant communities. Students explore the dynamics of an imaginary ecosystem through ...

At the dawn of humanity, in a cave on what would become the Southern Cape coast, people who thought and looked like us mixed paint, crafted fine tools and explored graphic design.

Decades-old policies aimed at improving air quality may also be accelerating global climate change, warns a recent study ...

The state that guards its beaches and vistas still struggles to keep housing tracts and farmland from plowing under its unique wilderness. Guy Wagner knows the value of a good fence. In the gated ...

Research at Mars analog sites in Utah and Nunavut focuses on lichen diversity, helping to predict lichen survival on Mars and aiding our understanding of these organisms both on Earth and potentially ...

"We often refer to the world’s five 'Mediterranean Climate' regions: the Mediterranean Basin, South Africa, Chile’s central ...

The team, made up of researchers from more than a dozen institutions, amassed data from years of observations across grassland communities located in what's known as the California Floristic Province.

In the wake of massive destruction of forests and other natural habitats, particularly in the tropics following World War II, conservation biology emerged in the 1980s as a multi-disciplinary ...

Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences. Nov. 11 San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade: The 21st annual parade — Honoring Those Who Served ...

During the Mars 160—a set of twin missions to both Utah and Nunavut in 2016 and 2017—our team undertook a floristic survey of the lichen biodiversity present at each site. During simulated ...