A new study led by researchers from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

Increasingly severe cyclones, grazing by invasive goats, and persistent turmoil in Yemen have threatened the survival of the country's iconic dragon’s blood tree ...

Climate change is significantly impacting the genetic diversity of plants in European mountains. Recent findings indicate ...

Tundra plants can eek out an existence in the very short summers of the Canadian High Arctic such as here on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. (Anne Bjorkman, University of Gothenburg) Rapid climate change ...

Fast-rising temperatures can change how plants and animals behave and disrupt the delicate timing of pollination.

With the Arctic warming faster than the global average, researchers at UBC and the University of Edinburgh have made an ...

Roots "feel" gravity to extend and anchor themselves in the soil, but they can alter their growth direction toward a water source when needed. However, according to a new study by scientists at the ...

The faster pace and higher temperatures are changing habitat ranges for plants and animals. In some regions, the pace of change is also throwing off the delicate timing of pollination, putting ...