Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a nutrient-rich environment for life to thrive despite glacier loss.

German agricultural chemist Adolf Eduard Mayer made a startling discovery in 1886. He was studying mosaic disease on tobacco ...

Scientists recreated the origins of one of life's most important partnerships, uncovering how symbiotic relationships can evolve into powerful alliances.

In the Andes, native camelids like alpacas, llamas, vicuñas, and guanacos impact the landscape with their social behaviors. They live in family groups and create communal dung piles, which change soil ...

Goetze: One type of value comes with dollar figures. In a different value system for species and nature, what can be lost is ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

I ski around a bend on a wilderness trail and take a moment to enjoy the sun on my face and catch my breath. Native ...

Microplastics have emerged as a major environmental challenge due to their minute size, persistence, and toxicity. These tiny ...

Diouf, A. (2025) Rhizobium-Based Biofertilizer for Rational Use of Mineral Nitrogen Fertilizers: Case Study of Common Bean ...

Nitrogen isotope analysis of tooth enamel reveals no evidence of meat consumption in Australopithecus. New research published ...