To generate positive effects on biodiversity ... were particularly interested in herbaceous plants, grasshoppers, bugs, ground beetles and spiders. Ground traps and other trapping methods were used to ...

Around 66 million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of three-quarters of all living ...

Anyone who works to understand the world of plants and the Earth's biodiversity typically will count on herbaria. These are collections of pressed and dried plant specimens that are housed at ...

That said, the easiest shorthand way to describe biodiversity is often through species counts. Current estimates of global species ... only diversity can save the system from collapse. Plant and ...

Conservation is close to Servidio’s heart. She is the vice president of the student organization Students for the Environment ...

Gardening might seem like a relaxing hobby, but did you know it also counts as a form of exercise? Gardening is more than ...

I hiked one of the most popular trails in our area, Shrine Ridge. I was in it for the views, but more than that, I was eager to see the thing everyone ...

CALI, Colombia — A flower from Madagascar held a secret to halting cancer. A sea sponge in the Caribbean was responsible for the first antiretroviral treatment for HIV. The venom of a lizard ...

Having read your piece about how to measure biodiversity ... lots of fertile plants spanning the whole spectrum of characteristics. In such cases, a simple species count can’t easily capture ...

For many, the sight of a lush green lawn brings about the desire to cast off one’s shoes and stroll through the sun-warmed grass feeling the soft verdant carpet below. Lawns, or at least grassy ...

One dataset used in the study looked at tree species abundance in the United States. Virginia’s forests, among the nation’s ...

To generate positive effects on biodiversity ... in herbaceous plants, grasshoppers, bugs, ground beetles and spiders. Ground traps and other trapping methods were used to count and identify ...