The diversity of plant species is astonishing. Even plants in familiar genera can surprise us. Take the Quercus genus, which ...

A. Smith Bowman Distillery, a cult whiskey brand based out of Virginia, announced on Wednesday the release of the second ...

University of Australia marine ecologist Dr Zoe Doubleday said there were two types of barnacles, the 'oak' varieties like those that grow on ship hulls and rocks, and the gooseberries like those in ...

Onions are among the most favorite vegetables for Americans. Growing the aromatic Allium crop is crucial to feed the demand. But which onions are a good fit for your farm? Scan the photo gallery for ...

Maybe you’ve been plonked on the head one too many times while out in the woods. Or you’ve come across a patch of forest floor that made it feel like you were walking on marbles. If either ...

Leonardo DiCaprio is a snake. A newly discovered species of a toothy snake in the Western Himalayas has been named in the actor’s honor, according to an “ongoing study” published in the ...

Our ancient evolutionary cousins on Flores represent a unique lineage who lived during a time multiple human species were spreading to different parts of our planet, and this enigmatic relative of ...

Researchers are working to find the best wheat varieties that can grow well in the UAE’s climate. One of their ambitious projects is developing a new hybrid wheat called "Sharjah 1". The variety ...

Apple varieties number into the thousands with different types preferred for eating, making juice and cider, baking and processing. Growers are constantly experimenting with new varieties.

But there were also some similarities. And now scientists have confirmed a new one: Diverse firefly species lit up the night during the late Mesozoic. The discovery comes from a fossil of an ...

LEVIN: Can you explain to me what an adaptive zone is? DE QUEIROZ: We really usually talk about a “species niche” now. For Van Valen, he was studying oak trees and maybe some of them were more adapted ...