The first 2,000-year-old date seedling was named Methuselah (after the longest-lived person in the Bible) and is now ...

WATERTOWN — Park-goers can soon enjoy a section of Thompson Park that they haven't been able to in generations. The city is continuing its efforts to remove invasive species in the historic park. A ...

A Rice student found a new wasp species, the 18th new animal species discovered by a University research team this decade.

In the Mojave Desert, rising temperatures, less rainfall, and more intense wildfires are killing off Joshua trees. California ...

Sept. 22 is the first day of autumn and some of our trees are beginning to show it. We tend to associate fall colors and ...

For many, the term “mushroom” holds no value beyond the plate. Mushrooms are an additive on pizzas, an umami star of some ...

The shagbark hickory is regarded as one of the most distinctive and easily identifiable trees in Indiana woodlands.

Your stomping may have helped trim this invasive insect’s population. But experts say other factors probably explain their ...

It’s just one tree, but it’s a balsam fir that I planted and get to watch grow knowing I’ve helped Terra Nova National Park ...

Facilitated by specific fungi in the genera Russula and Lactarius, the ghost plant is able to exist because it access the ...

Ecologists have long sought clarity on the dietary habits of different animal species. For scientists, it wasn't obvious how herbivores in Yellowstone National Park, who subsist on grasses, ...

Ultimately, climate change may bring relief from overtourism at a high price: the loss of vibrant autumn leaves.