My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...

Dominating screens since the late nineties, the Digimon empire is full of so much iconic imagery that it's impossible to ...

More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...

Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have ...

A team of researchers looked at changes in tree richness across the lowland and montane forests of the Andes and Amazon over the last four decades. While their results didn’t show an overall shift in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A new paper from Caltech reveals how a type of rove beetle turns off its own pheromones — and steals them from ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as "primitive" or "ancient" and use terms like "higher" and "lower" animals. This anthropocentric ...

Digimon is having quite the renaissance at the moment. Both longtime fans and newcomers are revisiting the series’ back catalog as excitement builds around upcoming content and already-released DLC ...

Southern California’s famed Joshua trees are flowering months ahead of schedule, baffling scientists and raising fears about the future of the species. The Mojave Desert succulents typically bloom ...

Sitting in my campsite at Goblin Valley State Park, I saw an antelope ground squirrel standing erect on its back feet, which I found amusing. I soon found that this was a common posture evoked by ...

Sitting in my campsite at Goblin Valley State Park, I saw an antelope ground squirrel standing erect on its back feet, which I found amusing. I soon found that this was a common posture evoked by ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...