Nature

Picture a place at the center of a global seaweed revolution. I’ll bet the small English seaside town of Paignton in south Devon is not what comes to mind. A decade ago, I moved from […]

University of Maine researchers have released a guide on how to promote the natural beauty of cemeteries statewide while conserving the local flora that populate them.This post was originally published on this site

Three new orchid species from the genus Pleurothallis have been discovered in the cloud forests of Costa Rica and western Panama, each utilizing an unusual method of asexual reproduction known as prolification.This post was originally […]

Human activities, such as agriculture, have dramatically increased nitrogen inputs into coastal seas. Microorganisms remove much of this human-derived nitrogen in coastal sands through a process called denitrification. Denitrification generally only occurs in the absence […]

A study of Seychelles warblers led by Macquarie University in Australia, with collaborators in the UK and Netherlands, finds no measurable connection between how long bird parents stayed together and the physical condition or reproductive […]

When it comes to impressing the ladies, greater sage-grouse males know that smooth dance moves trump combative posturing. Indeed, new Yale research into these prairie-dwelling birds confirms that female preference is more important than male […]

Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of home dwellers and hotel guests quite like the bedbug. The tiny, blood-sucking pests are notoriously difficult to exterminate, competing with cockroaches, mice and lice for the title of […]

A global target of having 30% of the oceans become protected areas by 2030 is looking more fragile than ever, with little progress and the United States backing away, conservationists say.This post was originally published […]

The fate of coral reefs has been written with a degree of certainty rare in climate science: at 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming, most are expected to die.This post was originally published on this […]

Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans, have synchronized their own rhythms with those of the Earth’s seasons.This post was originally published on this site