In hard times, some flowering plants transformed into "hopeful monsters" to save themselves. These monsters are more common ...

We asked ten literary experts to recommend the climate poem that has spoken to them most powerfully. Their answers span over ...

This is the story of the dinosaurs as it has never been told before,” narrates Morgan Freeman in the opening of Neflix’s The Dinosaurs docuseries. The four-part series combines advanced CGI with real ...

For decades, the "clathrate gun hypothesis" was treated by the mainstream scientific establishment as a fringe nightmare—a scenario where warming oceans and thawing permafrost would release massive ...

Ancient survival strategy: Flowering plants duplicated entire genomes during at least nine major environmental crises over 150 million years. Polyploidy under stress: Polyploids often struggle in ...

Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a group of primitive plants to survive. Research led by the University of Leeds ...

Human societies didn’t just adapt to the planet—they learned to reshape it. From early fire use to today’s global supply chains, our cultural and social innovations have unlocked extraordinary power ...

Tropical ecosystems rely on the infrastructure provided by termites. These insects supply plants with vital nutrients by ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - The bluebuck, an antelope with a silvery slate-blue coat and striking horns, ...