While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

Richard Baines’s book shares his lifelong passion for wildlife and explains how his unique Flamborough garden attracted rare ...

Centipedes may look creepy, but they’re fascinating, ancient predators that play an important role indoors and out.

Coordinated by INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization, the operation targeted criminal networks trafficking wildlife and ...

The Grünes Band — the Green Belt threading 860 miles along the former border between West Germany and communist East Germany ...

As a corner of Africa heats up, new research shows how the future of the species rests with powerful matriarchs making tough ...

Hopefully, it’s a problem that butterfly researchers won’t have to face for too much longer. A new museum research project, known as AMISTAD, is combining ancient DNA, modern computing technology and ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Chris ...