Nut trees make great additions to your yard - and your kitchen - but which are worth growing, and which should you avoid? Let ...

The dry weather from Thanksgiving to January created conditions for heavy flowering when a rainy spell in mid January stimulated a big flush of flowering shortly thereafter. When Kona has a wet winter ...

Discover the different types of nuts, from almonds and pistachios to Brazil and macadamia nuts—perfect for snacking and ...

He said palm trees and cypress trees, although not listed as invasive alien species, were also very fire prone. He noted that of the 56 structures that were destroyed in the Table Mountain fire in ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

Australia has one of the world's highest rates of extinctions with about 100 species of flora and fauna lost since European colonisation. There were 42 new additions to the national list of ...

Although Los Angeles has “a lot more” firefighting resources than Cape Town, Prins said national preventative legislation, as contained in the Veld and Forest Fire Act, as well as regulations on alien ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and ...

A favourite among recreational anglers, Florida bass pose a major threat to aquatic biodiversity in South Africa due to their unmatched ability to hunt, kill and eat other fish species ...

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A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...