The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.

Poodle-dog bush thrives in Southern California mountains after wildfires. It's pretty but petting it can result in a severe ...

Volunteers have planted 450 saplings from Wistman’s Wood, an ancient oak woodland covering seven acres in the Dart Valley, on ...

This report is one in a series of three reports focused on the Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone (THPSS) ecological community and longwall coal mining. The THPSS is listed as a threatened ...

It provides yet another argument for diversifying tree species in forests, especially under ongoing climate change. Temperatures are increasing at many locations worldwide, largely due to ...

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced. The Western ...

How will tropical forests change in response to the climate in the coming decades? A new global map reveals the functional diversity of tropical forests and their capacity to adapt. In South America, ...

Today is the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures set to go "well above average" the Met Office has said. Temperatures on Thursday hit 21.3C (70F) in Chertsey, Surrey, beating the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...