Australia’s environment is brutal. If you don’t already know what you’re looking for, it can be easy to miss these seemingly ...

In 1984, Bharat Kumar Pokhrel was a young forester with a mission to turn theory into practice. Fresh out of forestry school, ...

PITTSBURG — Amidst the sprawling landscape of Los Medanos College, a 2-acre gem thrives with life, rooted in its mission to ...

For hours already, the hikers have been trudging uphill, above them a fantastically starry night sky. Some of the group have ...

Keen hobbyists, or self-described tree seekers, are going to extreme lengths to admire some of the country's oldest – and ...

Kids of old-school independents remember their weekends door-knocking, which in the country meant their job was opening gates at the top of long, dusty driveways and waiting, sometimes hours, for dad ...

When it comes down to it, L.A.’s palm trees are like the lilies of the field, glorious to behold but neither toiling nor ...

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It was the deadliest wildfire in Australian history ... a species of eucalyptus once called “the tallest trees in the British Empire.” Well over a century ago, these trees made Marysville ...

“Elated” ecologists at Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary wasted no time. Scarlet-chested parrots are “threatened and understudied,” so the team began observing the “rare” flock, which numbered roughly a dozen ...

An Amorphophallus titanum or titan arum, commonly known as the corpse flower, has bloomed at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra for the first time. The 15-year-old plant started ...