Margaret S. Collins, the first Black American female entomologist to earn a Ph.D., overcame sexism and racism to become a termite expert.

It leaves the top layer dry ... The reality is that peace lilies are tropical plants, so they do best in bright, indirect light . But indirect is important here; think of their original habitat under ...

In a new study, characteristics of elevated moist layers, their seasonality, spatial distribution, structure, and the ...

Several states in Brazil are trying to rid themselves of rainforest protections, bowing to pressures from cattle ranchers and ...

TITLED Amazonia, Sebastiao Salgado’s stunning exhibition of more than 200 images of the Amazon rainforest induces both ...

The only continent where amber had not been found no longer has that distinction, thanks to a sediment core drilled just ...

Cleared or degraded tropical forests around the world covering a combined area larger than Saudi Arabia could regrow on its ...

The atmospheres of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune may be separated into layers that don't mix, like oil and water.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City will be rainy and chilly. Snow is headed to the Midwest and the West ahead of Thanksgiving, while rain will target the East Coast on ...

When created in 2006, the Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area in the Brazilian Amazon was supposed to preserve the ...

Snow is headed to the Midwest and the West ahead of Thanksgiving, while rain will target the East Coast on Thanksgiving Day. Snow is headed to Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula ...