Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

Scientists estimate that the first generation of reptiles evolved between 320 and 310 million years ago, this group was later dominated by dinosaurs which paleontologists say they evolved on Earth ...

Land plants didn’t come onto the ... to create symbiosis with the first plants, they were the key to this major evolutionary transition," he says—the spreading of plants across the Earth. ...

Journalist Christina Cooke visits Patrick Brown on his farm in North Carolina, where he is reclaiming his family's history ...

The film explores the Batwa’s symbiotic relationship with Mother Earth, nature, and the majestic mountain gorillas, and their ancestral role as conservationists of one of the world’s ...

This article explores ten extinct plant species, from the ancient Araucarioxylon arizonicum to the more recent Sophora ...

The Cottonwood Sand Mine would cover more than 200 acres in the unincorporated Valle De Oro area, near Jamul, and has been ...

Chocolate gets its sweet history rewritten. Long believed to have been domesticated in Central America some 4,000 years ago, cacao has a more interesting story than previously thought.

There are unending reasons for a first-time gardener to plant lavender. 10 of 20. Sweet peas . Shutterstock Sweet peas are another good flower to grow if you want to become a better gardener.

It’s crucial to understand that the first year of growth is one of the most critical to ensure the success of trees, shrubs and perennials in the landscape.

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at the controversy over economic 'degrowth' as a climate solution, find out how plastic bans have changed shoreline litter and check out some of ...