The emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle, continues to devastate forests across North America, killing millions of ash trees and spreading into new regions. In response, scientists in the United ...

For the first time, ancient DNA from droppings left by New Zealand’s flightless moa identifies actual species of fungi the doomed birds ate. The snacks, including purple lumps of a trufflelike fungus, ...

JESSICA ALLEN CRUNCHED THROUGH fallen leaves among Manzanita trees hunting for something few have spotted before: the ...

In the misty mizzle of February on the Oregon coast, Merlin Sheldrake feels at home. Though he was born and raised in London, the biologist and award-winning author of “Entangled Life” toddled his ...

Midsummer is upon us. Besides the warm temperatures and occasional storms, we have new growth daily. Each day, I walk early to avoid the heat of the day and each day, I’m greeted by plenty going on.

Alaska is on the front lines of climate change, experiencing some of the fastest rates of warming of any place in the world. And when temperatures rise in the state’s interior—a vast high-latitude ...

Tropical forest plant roots have not received as much research attention as aboveground vegetation. This knowledge gap affects our understanding of how rainforests adapt to change, including their ...