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

Some plants produce heat, which has long puzzled botanists. But a new study suggests that infrared radiation is an ancient ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

Plastic has become part of everyday life, but its benefits come with a serious cost. Cheap, durable plastics accumulate in ...

NioCorp Developments Ltd. is advancing the Elk Creek critical minerals project, with strong financing progress. Read why NB ...

Microplastics were found in Antarctica’s only native insect, highlighting how plastic pollution has spread into remote land ...

A satellite photo from July shows intricate snowy stripes painted across the Atacama Desert in Chile. The icy weather temporarily put the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) ...

Over 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian period, all major animal phyla appeared rapidly in what is known as the ...

New research in Yellowstone National Park has found a connection between earthquake swarms and the chemical reactions needed ...

A destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down Iowa’s only nuclear plant. With Google’s plans to reopen it to power nearby ...

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

Did you know that India is home to seven major mountain ranges? They are the Himalayas, the Aravalli, Vindhya, Satpura, ...