In her 40s, the self-described New Jersey housewife started building a women’s fiction empire, churning out dozens of popular books. By Alex Williams Fern Michaels, a mother of five in suburban New ...

Jacob S. Suissa receives funding from The National Science Foundation. He is affiliated with Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and Let's Botanize Inc. There are few forms of the botanical world ...

Scientists have discovered a fern from South China that naturally forms tiny crystals containing rare earth elements (REEs). This breakthrough opens the door to a promising new way of "green mining" ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The South Bay Parkland Conservancy, an environmental nonprofit, is expanding its rewilding efforts into Torrance — adding the Henrietta Basin as its 11th ...

A gorilla rests peacefully in its natural habitat, surrounded by soft light and forest textures. The moment highlights the calm and strength that define this remarkable creature. “I will not allow ...

Discover wildlife up close in their natural habitat and experience unforgettable moments in nature. Burleson couple charged after adult special needs son found buried in backyard GRPD: Pedestrians hit ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday morning at Buttonwood Park Zoo to celebrate the opening of its Animal Ambassador Center. The $2.7 million facility features ...

We often think about climate change in terms of temperature projections and sea-level rise. But it also reflects land use, as conditions will influence where people live, how much land is put to use ...

Czech wildlife photographer Vladimír Čech Jr. spends years in some of the most remote and wild places on Earth, all to capture animals that most of us will never see in real life. Using homemade ...

JAVA — Indonesia. Throughout the misty mountains of central Java, the call of the Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch) once echoed throughout the forest. Today, their voices are fading. Java is one of the ...

A colossal squid — the world's largest squid species — was filmed and photographed in its natural habitat for the first time since scientists discovered it about a century ago. Crew members on board a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. With each fern no wider than an inch, mosquito ferns turned ...