Few know that avocados nearly disappeared from the Earth long ago. Their survival is tied to a turn in natural history and an ...

A 2021 astronaut photo shows a triple valley system in Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park where a massive ...

If you want to feel the calming beauty of a mature forest, Marin County offers plenty of opportunities. Numerous trails lead into our quiet backcountry. As you slow down, the woodland reveals ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

Giant Amazon tree Drypetes oliveri, towering 115 feet, was discovered after 40 years, with only a few surviving in Peru.

SQUIRE aims to detect exotic spin-dependent interactions using quantum sensors deployed in space, where speed and environmental conditions vastly improve sensitivity. Orbiting sensors tap into Earth’s ...

Are you a conspiracy theorist who has always wanted to own your own sportswear company? Today is your lucky day because if you can find the edge of the Earth and photograph it, then Columbia ...

Clean Earth Inc. is a major US waste treatment, management and remediation firm that global water-waste management giant Veolia has agreed to buy in an estimated$ $3B cash deal set to close in ...

Sarah Venter receives funding from the Baobab Foundation. Baobabs are sometimes called “upside-down trees”, because their branches look like roots reaching skywards. Of the eight species of baobab in ...

Where there’s a tree, there’s usually a forest. But not always. A biologist describes some of the loneliest trees on planet Earth. When we think about isolation in nature, we usually picture islands ...

Putting AI in space may sound like a sci-fi nightmare, but Google is thinking about the idea with a research endeavor called Project Suncatcher. The idea is to put power-hungry data centers into orbit ...