Here are some very important things to consider before (choosing) and planting a new tree, especially large trees such as ...

Here's everything you need to know before planning a trip to Florida’s Torreya State Park. On a recent fall trip, magenta ...

In 2025, the arboretum celebrates its 40th year by enhancing the collection with regionally significant rare species and ...

We are making additions to: Van der Laan, R., W. N. Eschmeyer & R. Fricke 2014 (11 Nov.), Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa Monograph 3882 (1), 1-230. DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 Download ...

The idea of life continuing on Earth without humans has a way of catching our attention. Our species has spread across land and sea, altering the planet in countless ways. Still, Earth’s history shows ...

A new human species, Homo juluensis, has been proposed based on fossils from eastern Asia, dating back 300,000 to 50,000 years ago, possibly including the Denisovans. This research uses a novel method ...

Some have physical structures that make self-pollination difficult, while others produce distinct “male” and “female” plants. Certain species, like walnut, hickory, and pecan trees, take a more ...

Jordan Blake Ramey, 22, a Brevard College football player, was shot early Wednesday in downtown Hickory, officials said. Police officers were called to the area of Second Street NW and Main Avenue ...

In fact, Drosophila melanogaster has been one of the most important species for science for more than a century. Were it not for these flies, some of the most significant scientific discoveries ...

some species have separate "male" and "female" plants. Others separate their male and female flowers in time. Trees in the family that includes walnut, hickory and pecan take this one step further.

A harrowing 2024 study published in the journal Science reveals a grim reality: that the ongoing climate crisis has put Earth on track to lose about 160,000 species, with a worst-case scenario loss of ...

And a pygmy pipehorse floating in the Indian Ocean shallows. These wild wonders were among the hundreds of previously unknown species of animals, plants and fungi that scientists named and ...