A research team led by Academician Zhu Jiaojun from the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has introduced a new quantitative method to classify shade tolerance ...

One of the great challenges of ecology is to understand the factors that maintain, or undermine, diversity in ecosystems, researchers write in a new report in the journal Science. The researchers ...

The team analyzed DNA from about 100 trees per species, searching for genetic clues about the history and future of each species.

Hurricane Humberto may save U.S. from being hit by Tropical Storm Imelda. Here's the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center.

Make-up legend Rick Baker makes a cameo in 'V/H/S/Halloween.' Here's how R.H. Norman and Micheline PItt-Norman recruited him for "Home Haunt." ...

Model making is a great hobby, but knowing how and where to start is another story. It can be overwhelming for novices: Injection-molded plastic models have been on the market for close to a century, ...

When developers look to clear-cut residential lots to put in more housing, they often point to street trees as a viable alternative to keeping the city green. But Seattle can’t accomplish its own tree ...

Hurricane Gabrielle has blossomed into a Category 4 urricane and should impact Bermuda today, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Most of us have heard the cautionary aphorism to be careful what you wish for. It means that you might not like what you get, so think carefully. There is a second layer to this piece of advice, ...