Biologists are confronting a problem they thought they had mostly solved: what, exactly, counts as life. A wave of ...

A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

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Discover how common-pool resources, like forests and fisheries, are shared goods prone to overuse. Learn their economic impact and strategies to manage the 'tragedy of the commons.' ...

Explore how backward induction helps solve game theory problems by working from the end backward to determine optimal actions. Learn with practical examples.

David Spade slammed a mall's tree-lighting ceremony for omitting the word "Christmas." In the Sunday episode of Spade and Dana Carvey's "Fly on the Wall" podcast, the 61-year-old "Grown Ups" actor ...

DEAR ERIC: The home next door is vacant. I think it is a rental property. There is a huge tree in the front yard that is coming over my property. A tree from this property fell on my house a few years ...

Trees are vital to life on Earth. They absorb carbon dioxide and release the oxygen that sustains us, anchor soil to prevent erosion and landslides, and act as natural water filters—providing clean ...

The winter storm season is just around the corner, which comes with plenty of concerns for Southern California residents in the wake of several devastating wildfires that left behind large burn scars.

A Hawaii without palm trees is hard to imagine. They are part of the landscape that travelers associate with the Islands before they are on the plane — framing pink and fiery sunsets in photos, and ...

Could you find the root flare on a tree? Most of us have probably never heard the term, but that particular feature is key to properly planting a tree. A common mistake is to place the root flare too ...