Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.

The rust-colored stone is split into two halves; on each half is an imprint of an extinct conifer leaf in exquisite detail. The neatly typed tag identifies it as Cordaites borassifolius and credit ...

Easygoing small towns, forest-framed beaches, and an unhurried way of life are far removed from the world of hipsters and ...

Adèle, in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, and headed to Prévost, 8 miles away. Only a few minutes earlier, I had walked ...

After wildfires burn through forests, there are often efforts to re-plant trees in affected areas. But new research offers ...

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For example, hole-feeding insects chew holes into plants while margin-feeders nibble along the edge of a leaf. Mining insects ... ginkgos, conifers and several extinct plant lineages.

Looking pretty still in my garden are the delicate bell-shaped flowers of Leucojum vernum or spring snowflake. This is a bulbous perennial ...

Earlier this week, we kicked off our 2025 Strut Reporters coverage by breaking down the five key phases of the turkey ...