Although fungi of the genus Piloderma are common, scientists have now discovered five previously unknown species. One of these is one of the most widely distributed species in Northern Europe, while ...

Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...

Thanks to a loophole in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, some of the “drugs” you can buy at pharmacies are ...

As a perennial, mint dies back to the ground each winter and reemerges in spring. A single mint plant can live for up to five years, but the plant is easily divided, so it can provide a continuous ...

A subset of North American iguanas likely landed on an isolated group of South Pacific islands about 34 million years ago — ...

Whether you live in a big city or a small town, sudden power outages can disrupt your daily routine and even affect your work ...

This is the first time that a fossil thrips has been recorded anywhere in Africa, or the entire southern hemisphere.

I paid a lot of attention to those words because I already had a big — make that a giant interest in growing these fascinating plants that seemed to defy the worst of abuse and still kept on growing, ...

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...

Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...

Recommended Varieties: Lance-leaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) is an easy-to-grow variety that’s native to most of the ...