Plants use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich sugars and oxygen in various ways (photosynthesis).

Oak trees have a surprising trick to fight back against hungry caterpillars: they simply wait. When trees are heavily ...

A long-vacant Mildura landmark once home to some of the city’s best-known watering holes is back on the market after ...

Many insects, particularly caterpillars, hatch just when the trees' nutrient-rich leaves are still young and soft. This means ...

Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths ...

Poison frogs appear to have built their chemical defenses gradually: related frogs store low to moderate levels of ...

A new study suggests that oak trees attacked by caterpillars can delay leafing out the following spring. That tiny shift, ...

Galápagos plants show repeated evolution and emerging species, emphasizing evolution’s flexibility and active role today.

The fossa is Madagascar’s ultimate misdirection. Here’s why this predator that looks familiar, acts unexpected and took ...

A long-standing assumption about evolution is being challenged by new research showing that vastly different species can rely ...

They didn’t get the message. They won’t bow down. About 2,600 years ago, King Nebuchadnezzar erected a 90-foot-tall image of ...

The mountains of Mexico and Central America harbor some of the greatest biodiversity of oak trees worldwide, and a landmark study conducted by The Morton Arboretum with U.S. and Mexican collaborators ...