Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.

Fishlake National Forest's Pando, touted as the world's largest tree, is at the center of a new online documentary, as ...

Large, undisturbed forests are better for harboring biodiversity than fragmented ... fragmented tracts of land or larger, continuous landscapes. The study, published in Nature and led by U-M ...

Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain is a meditation on the Cairngorms. Decades on, its quiet wisdom remains urgent, reminding ...

Is our lifespan primarily dictated by our genetics, or do our behaviour and environment play the more important role?

Dr. Conley is the author of “The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture.” Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the debate about what ...

My paternal grandpa, Harold, was the patriarch of the family, a larger-than-life character who everybody loved. He fought in World War I, and later worked as a gardener at Scotch College [in ...

There is almost no ecosystem on Earth left untouched by human activity, according to new research that suggests widespread change from pollution, wildlife extinctions and disruption to plant life ...

open image in gallery Experts fear that the deadly measles outbreak in West Texas could be much larger than reported ... Texas says that, due to the nature of the measles virus, additional ...

Ultimately, happiness isn’t always measured by how exciting your life is but by how content and fulfilled you feel within it. For extroverts, a busy social calendar might be the key to happiness ...

The penguins are just some of the most visible and accessible marine life on these islands ... for the remoteness and a brutal conflict more than four decades ago. But seeing the best of the ...