A new study shows that tiny microbes living in and around oak trees may help them survive drought, poor soil, and disease.

A two-year study revealed that oak trees subtly shift their microbial communities during drought, recruiting beneficial microbes to boost resilience.

Wildfire is one of the biggest threats that the animal kingdom is afraid of. But over the decades, the animals have felt the threat, and their ways of escaping it are simply magnificent too. Let's ...

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A gardening friend and I were chatting about February and agreed that, for gardeners, surely February is the longest month of ...

Farmers trying to protect their canola from insect pests may end up slicing their own yield if pollinators get caught in the crossfire.

A beetle species’ larvae seem to bamboozle bees by smelling like flowers. This newly discovered deceptive strategy might be the first known example of an animal imitating floral scents, according to a ...

A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in ...

I find it interesting that monarch butterflies, large milkweed bugs, milkweed leaf beetles and milkweed tiger moths, all ...