These are the times that try men’s souls, wrote Thomas Paine in the opening of the first of a series of essays collectively ...

The new species were found in the East China Sea, a body of water off the eastern coast of China, south of Japan and South ...

On Rossel Island, Kraus found Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or the black net tree snake. This 4-foot, 11-inch reptile is easier to ...

In the face of mounting threats from climate change, mixed species forests have been called an "insurance policy" for UK ...

Trees are emotive, as the furore over the Toby Carvery oak and the Sycamore gap prove. But a political obsession with ...

Iceland, the land of ice and fire, is for geologists what the tropics are for ecologists: an opportunity for an unparalleled ...

Few spring scenes are as spectacular as the annual display provided by dogwood trees in the Ozark woodlands. Inconspicuous for most of the year, these diminutive denizens of our forests outdo their ...

Whether revamping a tired coffee table or refinishing flooring, choosing the right wood stain is a key detail. There are ...

Without pollinators, we wouldn’t have one out of every three bites of food we eat. That’s because about 35 percent of the ...

Researchers waited to verify the species identification with other independent scientists ... As adults, the squids lose this ...

Fungi might not have the best reputation but are essential for our survival. For the first time in history more than 1,000 species of fungi have been added to the International Union for Conservation ...

There are thousands of species of fungus in the city, with names like American dyeball, dingy twiglet and devil’s dipstick.