An entirely new plant species, known as a "wooly devil," has been discovered in Big Bend National Park in Texas. This is the first new plant genus and species to have been discovered in a U.S.

A volunteer at Texas’ Big Bend National Park spotted bright red blooms after rain in a remote stretch of desert, leading to ...

Scientists reveal a never-before-seen species of leopard-size apex predator that lived in lush forest 30 million years ago.

US national parks are famed for their biodiversity, but even the most well-studied of places can still throw us a surprise or ...

Water harvesting from foggy air provided up to 5 liters of water a day in a yearlong Chilean desert experiment.

The United States has a proud history of preserving its natural beauty through national parks. Each year, millions of ...

It is more important now to be in love than to be in power. It is more important to bring E. O. Wilson’s biophilia into our ...

Shutterstock Hike Through a Volcanic Landscape Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park opened on August 1, 1916, on the Big Island of ...

It is an important species for pollinating cactus, agave and other desert plants. Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

From pikas on alpine ridgelines to frogs in desert canyons, the Colorado Plateau is home to ... we improve the health of the land for our plant and animal neighbors across the plateau. Beavers, whose ...

Dried root samples were pulverized and sifted through a 100-mesh screen to measure plant root carbon content (RCC), root nitrogen ... and Rs components within the unique context of the desert-oasis ...

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