Camouflage is a common defensive strategy among animals. By modifying their coloration and patterning, animals evade ...

In this particular exhibition at the Staten Island Museum, even the pink of the walls comes from bugs — in the form of lac, a coloring produced by scale insects (it’s the same natural dye used as ...

Monday was momentous for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing although it still looked like a bridge to nowhere from the ...

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

Help save the Earth by replacing half your lawn and/or non-native plants with native species, even in containers, plus a list ...

The sun is back! The days are warmer, the freezing nights are fewer, and green buds are starting to shoot their way up through the soil. For ...

Moth Lady’ V Shubhalaxmi and her team took just 3 years to reforest five hectares of barren land in nat’l park ...

In a world of manicured lawns, straight borders and patios, wildflower "cottagecore" gardens offer a burst of colour and are ...

I recently went looking for one of the rarest of Texas’s rare plants in what seemed like an odd place: near the middle of ...

Artist Kay Kasparhauser takes us through a week in her life as she readies her first solo show in New York, at Entrance ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers ...

As one of the places we spend most of our time, it is no wonder we want to design our homes to feel zen, refreshing, and a ...