Mushrooms are fascinating organisms that play a vital role in ecosystems. While some varieties are sought after for th ...

Plant ecology is a sub-discipline of ecology focussed on the distribution and abundance of plants, and their interactions with the biotic and abiotic environment. Plants are vital to healthy ...

With extended droughts, wildfires, and extreme heat, choosing landscape plants in California can be a challenge. When you use native California plants, you can be sure they’ll survive your local ...

IT is somewhat surprising that a book on a subject of such importance alike to the entomologist and fungologist has not been forthcoming long ago. It is true that a Memoir on the subject was ...

From microscopic mites dwelling in our hair follicles to sizable tapeworms inhabiting our intestines, the human body plays host to a surprising array of organisms. Some, like Demodex mites ...

Keep reading to learn more about parasite cleanses, parasitic infections, and alternative treatment methods. Many plant-derived products available in-store and online are also marketed to cleanse ...

Squirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, but exactly how they do it has long remained a mystery. Squirting ...

I’m not much of a nature person, but these were the sorts of pandemic plants I could tend to ... Their guardians had turned to tiny parasitic wasps called Trichogramma, which lay their eggs ...

In response to EPA’s concerns and that risk, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service determined the benefits outweighed the risks. If there were extensive impacts to other species, the USDA ...