Britain’s new polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, departs the UK this week for its maiden voyage to Antarctica.

Efforts to protect threatened and endangered species in central Africa might be more successful if they focused on a smaller geographic area, new research suggests.

Like setting off alarms in a beehive, Asian honeybees use complex signals to alert nest mates about giant hornet attacks, according to a new study co-led by University of Guelph researchers.

Crop improvement often involves the transfer of genetic material from one organism to another to produce a valuable trait.

Texas A&M researchers are working to establish a configurable, adaptive and scalable swarm system consisting of unmanned ground and aerial robots designed to assist in collaborative smart agriculture tasks.

Far below you lies a sphere of solid iron and nickel about as wide as the broadest part of Texas: the Earth's inner core. 

Refugees are on the move in forests across the western U.S. As climate conditions change, the ranges of tree species are shifting, especially toward cooler or wetter sites.

The Sahel extends south of the Sahara from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east of Africa.

A new electrocatalyst called a-CuTi@Cu converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into liquid fuels. 

Crop and varietal diversity are critically important for global food and nutrition security, as well as the livelihoods of millions of people, especially those living in marginal areas.