A team of researchers from North Carolina State University has developed so-called “jumping metashells,” which are new autonomous robotic structures capable of bouncing into the air without a remote ...

The database, curated entirely in English, overcomes language barriers that once hindered integration with major global databases. By consolidating nearly 700 Chinese-language sources, it boasts over ...

From diverse shapes and sizes to complex dispersals and defenses, seed traits hold the secrets to how plants adapt, reproduce ...

After millions of years of evolutionary isolation, Madagascar developed an unparalleled array of wildlife, and recent ...

Most common cause of camellia bud drop in our climate is a lack of soil moisture during the period of bud formation in the ...

Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: ...

Kochia weed infestations can reduce crop yields up to 90% if left unchecked. Learn how and when to identify kochia to protect ...

Plant fruits and seeds are many things to many habits and organisms. Seeds inside fruits are a hope that flowering plants ...

In this edition of North Woods Naturalist, Chel Anderson talks about the ubiquitous and much maligned dandelion.  Chel ...