On an Italian mountainside long ago, the elite of the Roman Empire offered animal sacrifices to the gods. When it rained, the byproducts of these burnt offerings flowed down the slope, mingling ash ...

TICKABOO VALLEY -- It is the iconic plant of the Mojave Desert, its name immortalized with a national park and a U2 album. But there would be no Joshua trees at all without an easily overlooked moth ...

These Yuccas looks exactly like the yuccas on our property. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The Yucca* (yucca elata) is a perennial plant that is known as the soap tree. It is native to southwestern ...

Flowering plants only appear in the fossil record around 100 million years ago, and yet they comprise 90 percent of the plant kingdom. Meanwhile, around 75 percent of known animal species are insects.

Note: This story is intended to be listened to. Text associated below is simply a transcript of the audio but does include some great visuals. “My name is Kathryn Busby and I’m a wildlife biologist ...

Researcher Chris Smith and field assistant Candace Fallon introduce Yucca moths to blooms on Joshua trees in the Mojave desert during research, Apr. 07. This iconic plant of the Mojave Desert also ...