Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...

Although biologists have studied seasonal processes for centuries, we know surprisingly little about the impacts of shifting ...

Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than ...

Across the icy edges of Earth’s northern and southern reaches, life has adapted to thrive in some of the harshest conditions.

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 ...

Families and generations have been working with the Norilsk Nickel Company, which mines and processes worldwide consumed non-ferrous metals ...

Breakthrough study reveals how woolly mammoths and Arctic animals evolved their cold-weather superpowers over 3 million years ...

One of West Virginia's most fascinating natural wonders, Ice Mountain, where winter ice lingers in crevices until summer, is ...

Turning ordinary houseplants into sustainable, glowing lamps may soon become a reality, thanks to groundbreaking research by ...

A couple of new series will fill out Greenland's 2025 stamp program. Greenland is superb at ensuring new themes are ...

The Arctic tundra is found in the far north of ... this biome has better draining soils that support a wider variety of plant life. Alpine tundra ecosystems are located on various mountain ...

Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternative, but critics question whether this form of conservation will work.