Villages, often separated from larger towns and cities, consist of clusters of households and a few public buildings. Despite ...

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the ...

Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

In some of the earliest settlements in North America, specifically in Jamestown (in modern-day Virginia), and the Plymouth colony (in modern day Massachusetts), the original settlers that survived ...

Tons of ice have been brought in at the Prague Zoo to help its animals beat the extreme summer heat. Polar bears Aleut and ...

Invasive species cost the North American economy $26 billion a year. By outcompeting local plants or animals, invaders reduce ...

Their enemies portrayed them as barbarians, but their artifacts tell a different story. Between their weapons, jewelry, and ...

The Victorian landscape was once cloaked in these vibrant habitats. There are precious few left, but work has begun to ...

Biological invasions are widely acknowledged as a serious threat to biodiversity, global economies, and a good quality of ...

Scientists have launched the first global database of animal culture, revealing how species learn, communicate, and pass down traditions.

Several sites along the Natchitoches Trace have been labeled as a persistent place, which is to say a place that has been ...

Tiny, translucent and no longer than a finger, juvenile European eels, also known as glass eels, might not look like much.