Trees lost many surface roots in drought but grew more deep roots that reached wetter soil. Fungal partners helped roots take up water.

Two genomes from 7,000 years ago found in the Takarkori rock shelter reveal a lost lineage from North Africa in the Green Sahara.

Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the ...

New research into centuries-old Marathi poetry is overturning a powerful myth about India’s landscapes, revealing that the ...

Efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change have focused largely on the protection of tropical forests like the Amazon ...

Small, pale spots on the reddish-orange landscape of Mars have turned out to be a new clue that parts of the planet may once ...

India’s forests often look lush and vibrant, but behind that beauty also lies a quiet ecological crisis. There are some ...

A new study suggests that the Zambezi River, Africa’s fourth-longest, is 11% longer than previously thought, with its most ...

Dr Osama Faqeeha, the deputy environment minister for Saudi Arabia and chief adviser to the COP16 presidency on ...

New satellite data has shed fresh light on the complex interplay between the climate and fires in different landscapes around the world.

Centuries-old Marathi stories reveal that India’s savannas have existed much longer than commonly believed, challenging assumptions that they are degraded former forests.