Research in the Journal of Applied Ecology has identified threats to endangered plants in an urban area, generating ...

This energy for planting trees must be channelled towards growing the right tree in the right place. Deforested land can be ...

Hundreds of tubes of soil pack a row of fridges and a nearby cold room at a greenhouse facility in Lawrence, Kansas. They’re nothing much to look at, but under a microscope, tiny beads within the dirt ...

Mercer Arboretum in Humble recently expanded its main garden to twice its original size to shelter 24 species of endangered plants. "Mercer is one of 33 leading botanical institutes in the U.S. that ...

Laws that protect endangered species of plants are now endangering lives and property. Perhaps different administrators could ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid the bright orchids of the U.S. Botanic Garden sits a 200-year history of protecting America’s most fragile plants. “We're a living repository for rare and endangered plants,” ...

Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the U.S. have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction. Yet ...

Many species benefit from the habitats that beavers create by building dams—and not just aquatic life. A new study by the WSL and Eawag research institutes published in the Journal of Animal Ecology ...

According to scientists, 80 percent of the Earth’s living species are unknown to humans. Even as more are identified, more are disappearing — and sometimes, we don’t know what’s being lost until it’s ...

A rare Michigan flower is “living its best life” right now as other plants slumber the winter away. Yellow fumewort grows in ...