An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa’s most historically significant manuscripts could soon be covered by the Sahara Desert ...

As Australia swelters through a scorching summer, the nation's flora is facing not just extreme heat, but also prolonged heat ...

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

A research team led by Prof. Huang Zhenying from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered a remarkable survival strategy—a unique seed dormancy cycling mechanism ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles ...

Desert Plant Collection Nursery is highly recommended for its variety of healthy desert plants and exceptional landscaping services. Agnes, the owner, has a hands-on approach from planning to planting ...

The Ivanpah solar power plant near the California-Nevada border was once hailed as a breakthrough for clean energy, but it's usefulness is under pressure from cheaper solar alternatives. Meanwhile, ...

Maybe you’ve seen the unsightly, blindingly bright towers while traveling from L.A. to Las Vegas, in the Mojave Desert near the ... had struck a deal with the plant’s owners to stop buying ...

This fruit is grown in the Kalahari Desert in Namibia ... knows aloe,” Goff says about the succulent, cactus-like plant. As the line’s second key ingredient, aloe vera has a number of well ...

The research team’s findings, published in Food Science & Nutrition, reveal that extracts from this unassuming plant can effectively target and kill colorectal cancer cells through multiple mechanisms ...