Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens. Terpenoids are already known for their medicinal uses. Some can fight cancer, ...

A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a ...

Socotra Island, known as the Galápagos of the Indian Ocean, hosts an unusual diversity of plants found nowhere else on Earth. Nine of these endemic plant species, belonging to the genus Boswellia, are ...

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A search had been underway for the boy in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains. He was last seen about 6.30pm on Sunday walking south along Mitchell Avenue in Khancoban, south of Tumbarumba.

Cherry blossom season is in full swing in Washington, D.C., with the trees reaching peak bloom on Friday, according to the National Park Service. Originally a gift from Japan to the United States ...

SIMBORO, Indonesia (AP) — Tucked between the village and the forest, Haruna and his father-in-law worked diligently through the night distilling dried patchouli plants, stoking the boiler with ...

The Supreme Court equates mass tree cutting to murder, stressing urgent action. Explore India's strict laws protecting trees and the penalties for violations. Listen to Story India has strict laws to ...

GREAT FALLS — Since 2017, there has been an increase in grizzly bear reports in the Little Belts Mountains southeast ... as unsecured trash or ripe fruit trees. Kemp said, “We don't want ...

SAFM president Kalaivanan Ravichandran said the dog was discovered with nearly half of its dorsal skin torn off, extending down to the caudal abdominal area. (Facebook pic) An animal welfare group ...

Soaring temperatures are leading to rapid and largely irreversible changes in the mountain ranges of the world, according to a new UNESCO report. In several regions, higher elevations seem to be ...