Trees shape climate, biodiversity, rural livelihoods, and the global bioeconomy, yet many remain invisible to today’s large-scale monitoring systems. Most satellite products describe forests as broad ...

Using radiocarbon dating, a method that relies only on scientific evidence rather than historical records or folklore, a team ...

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 million to 14 million more species than people thought, ...

Experts have accepted an estimate of around six million living insect species, an appraisal that has stood for the last 40 ...

A banyan tree in Munger, Bihar, estimated to be around 700 years old, has been identified as the oldest accurately dated banyan tree, Ficus benghalensis, using radiocarbon dating, a method that relies ...

Insects may be even more dominant on Earth than scientists thought. A new estimate suggests the planet could hold 14 million ...

In complex environments such as dense forests, detecting and tracking moving targets presents significant challenges due to ...

These natural materials form a biofilter that may dramatically cut the methane, nitrous oxide, and water pollution generated ...

Understanding soil nutrients and pH is key to a thriving garden. Learn how to pick the right fertilizer for your plants.

When sampling a population, the numbers of organisms are counted within a sample site, and then the results multiplied to estimate the total number in the entire habitat. Large animals and plants can ...

Seven species of tiny, plant-feeding insects that had never been recorded by science were hiding in the highland forests of ...