Are giant sinkholes in China's karst mountains havens or traps for the rare plants that inhabit them? A new study finds they ...

In a groundbreaking discovery in Brunei, scientists have found two-million-year-old fossils of Dryobalanops rappa—an endangered tropical tree that still lives today. The find marks the first ...

American bald eagles need towering trees to raise young. Blanding’s turtles thrive in undisturbed freshwater habitats. Presidio manzanita, an evergreen shrub, requires unusual serpentine soils to ...

A federal court in California sided with environmentalists, striking down a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempt to withhold protections for the Joshua tree under the Endangered Species ...

The government has launched efforts to restore Inkungu, a rare indigenous timber tree species that was once on the brink of extinction. Known scientifically as Diospyros abyssinica, Inkungu is a ...