The banyan fig tree Ficus microcarpa is famous for its aerial roots, which sprout from branches and eventually reach the soil.

The Los Angeles Basin is often thought of as a dry, smoggy, overdeveloped landscape.

With the federal Endangered Species Act in danger, University of Miami researchers find that state protections won’t safeguard many threatened plants and animals.

A special edition of the Rosenstiel School’s series offers a window into its aquaculture program, which collaborates with global businesses to improve the thriving industry.

The Greenland ice sheet owes its existence to the growth of an arc of islands in Southeast Asia — stretching from Sumatra to New Guinea — over the last 15 million years, a new study claims.

A colorful mixture of dissolved organic matter and sediments help trace the sea’s otherwise invisible currents and eddies.

A new study finds temperatures in the deep sea fluctuate more than scientists previously thought.

Scottish American naturalist John Muir once said that “between every two pines, there is a doorway to a new world.”

A new $1-million gift from the Gosling Foundation will enable the University of Guelph to continue conserving valuable and endangered plant species threatened by climate change, disease and loss of biodiversity in Canada and worldwide.

Australia’s Shark Bay contains the largest beds of seagrasses in the world, as well as some of the oldest lifeforms on Earth.