Many native plants are missing from habitats where they should thrive – even in wilder areas. Why? Human actions such as ...

Monitoring urban plant health traditionally requires extensive manual labor and botanical expertise, creating challenges for cities facing expanding green spaces, higher population densities, and ...

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

They eat bugs, and they help flowers and plants to grow ... The number of sparrows in a city can show whether the ecosystem is healthy. Since 2018, Hong Kong has had between 200,000 and 250,000 ...

Science News has been covering nuclear physics since our earliest incarnation, starting with scientists’ effort to decode the secrets of the atom. In the 1930s, readers learned about the ...

Sparrows are helpful environmental indicators as their population trends reflect the health of urban ecosystems ... Sparrows build nests not only on plants but also on drains, vents, walls ...

A pipeline company’s lawsuit against the environmental group could chill free speech, experts said. First Amendment issues are likely to figure prominently in an appeal. By Karen Zraick He ...

Groundwater plays an important role in sustaining aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, such as springs, wetlands, rivers and vegetation. Understanding these groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) is ...

The slow-moving, spiral-shelled snail can be found leaving a slippery trail through garden leaves, across streams and in shallow puddles alike. These fascinating creatures belong to the mollusk animal ...