A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in ...

Scientists are suggesting there may be a brand new type of life — or, at least, that one existed back in the day.

More than 90 million years ago, a creature with a long neck and two claw-baring fingers roamed the Earth, grabbing plants and ...

Assistant Editor for The Prospect Lily Hutcheson reviews the play “Legacy of Light,” which explores the stories of two women in the interconnection of science and art.

Researchers have created a way to see your family tree as a movie rather than a still portrait by tracing where your ancestors moved across the globe over time. The statistical method can also be used ...

Evolutionary biologists working in the Philippines have long puzzled over a hard-to-find amphibian mystery: the Leyte Chorus Frog. It's a small, ground-dwelling frog from Leyte Island in the Visayan ...

A recent study has unveiled the genetic blueprint behind flowering time in olive trees, a crucial trait for fruit production ...

Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric ...

Pensacola has lost a $1 million federal grant to restore the city’s urban forest as part of the Trump administration's purge of diversity, equity and inclusion policies. Pensacola Mayor D.C ...

Efforts are being stepped up to save Britain’s rarest and most threatened native species of tree. The National Trust is creating a “living library” gene bank of trees in east Devon to help ...

Here, a taxonomy of upcoming and recently published divorce books, mostly from the perspective of the erstwhile wife in a heterosexual union. (Which literary man will dare write the great ex ...

The U.S. Forest Service has terminated a $1.6 million grant to the city of Tampa to plant and maintain trees, combat extreme heat and improve access to natural areas. The blow to Tampa’s already ...