For billions of years, life has depended on Earth's rhythm of day and night. DNA codifies body clocks in all animals and ...

Researchers have taken a pivotal step toward understanding how living cells could have originated from nonliving matter. At ...

Gardeners are often told how important nutrients are to plants. But what is a nutrient, actually? “Nutrients are the chemical ...

A young friend of ours, an emergency room nurse, was staying at our home for a few days when we were out of town. I nonchalantly asked her to give my plants a little water if they felt dry.

All forests experience a finite life cycle – a sequence of transitions where species thrive or perish based on sunlight, ...

You've probably seen monarch butterflies, and maybe monarch caterpillars, but there's a lot to learn about the monarch life ...

Plants are classified by the number of growing seasons it takes to complete their life cycles. Plants are classified as annuals, perennials or biennials.

Considering native plants have evolved alongside local wildlife, they are an ideal food source for insects, birds and other creatures that have adapted to their unique characteristics. For example, ...

At 9 years old, Caleb Plant had already seen hardship few fighters could relate to. But even back then, he knew glory in the ring — and in life — awaited him.

Consumers Energy announced that an expansion of its Zeeland natural gas plant in Zeeland, Michigan is underway and anticipated to be complete mid-June prior to the summer peak generation period.

Environmental groups on Monday slammed comments by the head of the U.S.-owned Tennessee Valley Authority suggesting the utility's four coal-fired power plants could continue to operate after a ...