Winter is here in Eagle County. Nights are long, temperatures are low, and the mountainous landscape is covered in snow. During these chilly months, how do plants and animals endure the harsh winter ...

Cell walls are a crucial structure of plant life, protecting cells from damage, giving plants shape, and containing ...

A collaborative study reveals the distinct mechanisms by which plants and animals respond to climate change in their life-cycle phenology. This research, led by Piao Shilong's team and Zhang Yao's ...

All living things have a blueprint provided by the DNA that is stored in every one of their cells. Yet the amount of DNA in each cell – what we refer to as genome size – spans an incredible range ...

To mark Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday, we celebrate the extraordinary plants and animals scientists have named in ...

If Charles Darwin lived today, he wouldn't have to voyage any further than the London underground to find evolution in action. In the subway tunnels mosquitos have not only adapted to life underground ...

Plants that feed on meat and animal droppings have evolved at least ten times through evolutionary history Riley Black | Science Correspondent A Cape sundew wraps its sticky leaves around a helpless ...

Antelope were formerly an important food source for the Arapaho. The antelope were hunted, using a game-drive system. Like other animals, the antelope was admired for certain qualities, and charms ...

Is it just me, or has this been (so far) a really wonderful spring — at least from a gardening perspective? There was the odd ...