At its core, an invasive plant is a non-native species introduced intentionally or by accident into a new environment where ...

Fast warming in the Arctic - now running at roughly four times the global average - is reshaping landscapes, affecting shrubs ...

Kiefer manages the Plants of Concern program for northeastern Illinois, a community science project designed to detect population trends among the state’s rare species. In recent years, the program ...

"The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali" is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity ...

Officials at a rural school district voted on Tuesday to begin developing a tax break agreement intended to draw Exxon to ...

Have you ever wandered along Louisiana’s windswept coastline, where the salty air and shimmering marshes hold secrets of ...

Frequent walks in the woods are necessary if you hope to catch a glimpse of fleeting displays of spring. Spring ephemerals, ...

“As long as these vegetables have water early in their growing season, they tolerate drought,” Myers said. “In fact, many ...

Rising temperatures are weakening the ability of wetlands to curb methane emissions, according to new research.

The states that border the Mississippi River have lost at least half of the wetlands they once had, including Wisconsin.

Anaerobic microbes live in places without free oxygen—zones that are quite common in flooded wetlands. For a long time ...

A fen is a wetland area that drains water, whereas a bog retains water. Cedar Bog is the largest and best calcareous bog or fen in Ohio. One of the most common plants of this preserve is white ...