A 2,000-acre lightning-sparked fire north of the Brooks Range fits a pattern of increasing wildfires on the treeless tundra.

If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...

General Motors is temporarily closing one of its plants that produces its best-selling models. The truck plant in Silao, ...

Warming global climate is changing the vegetation structure of forests in the far north. It’s a trend that will continue at ...

Ground slumping in yedoma permafrost after a wildfire, in the interior of Alaska. Yedoma permafrost generally contains large ...

With over 45 years of uninterrupted data, scientists at Niwot Ridge in Boulder County are documenting changes in alpine ...

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

A global analysis deep in soil found 20% of plants studied have an unexpected deeper set of roots more than 3 feet underground.

A study by scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden has found that as the Arctic warms, plants are rapidly ...

Greenland’s ice-covered landscape looks like an immovable block on satellite maps. Yet the story beneath its center suggests ...

Tall indoor plants add depth, height and texture to any room, and gardening experts say these varieties are tops.