The backyards of ordinary Tasmanians are becoming urban climate refuges for a "biobank" of alpine plants threatened by ...

Golden lion tamarins and Hoffman’s two-toed sloths have become unlikely roommates in a brand new habitat at the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society in Florida.

Iridoids are a widespread and evolutionarily ancient class of plant secondary metabolites belonging to the terpenes. They ...

Florida has a secret, and it’s hiding in plain sight along the Atlantic coast between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach. Washington Oaks Gardens State Park in Palm Coast might be the most spectacular ...

Josep “Pep” Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project, says he believes countries large and small need to ...

Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving in environments as diverse as deserts and rainforests. Central Africa ...

Lethal bronzing disease is threatening palms in Brevard County but landscapers say they're nipping it in the bud.

The 3,709-acre sanctuary near Palm Desert, set aside within the Coachella Valley Preserve by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ...

From snails to skunks, squirrels to cicadas, most of our neighbors are quiet and seldom interact with us, but they play ...

Florida is known for many things, ranging from a thriving sports culture to beautiful beaches and the Daytona 500. That said, one of the first things you'll notice about Florida are the trees.

A rare and endangered palm at the Eden Project is thought to have made botanical history by producing the UK's largest mature leaf of its kind, about 13ft (4m) long.The coco de mer, native to the ...