A new study reveals that plants and animals are remarkably similar in their responses to changing environmental conditions across the globe, which may help explain how they are distributed today and how they will respond to climate change in the future.

While most of us are aware by now that coronavirus will not trigger a worldwide toilet paper shortage, that still doesn't mean TP's by any means easy to come by on store shelves.

Emissions of hazardous air pollutants from Asarco’s Hayden smelter, about 70 miles north of Tucson, led to an EPA dust control plan.

Under lockdown in a hotel, members of a plant ecology course continue to work and study as they seek a way to return home.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, one problem that has been discussed that could aggravate the situation is the ban on single-use plastic bags by state and local governments that force shoppers to use reusable bags.

A growing number of studies show that warming temperatures are increasing mortality in creatures ranging from birds in the Mojave Desert, to mammals in Australia, to bumblebees in North America. Researchers warn that heat stress could become a major factor in future extinctions.

In this episode, dendrochonologist Valerie Trouet of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona talks with Anna and Leila about her new book, Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings. She talks about the fascinating science of tree-rings and what they can tell us climate patterns and ecosystems. 

Tumamoc Hill will close to the public starting Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the director of Tumamoc said. 

A symbol of life, an ancient sundial or just firewood? Tree-ring scientists trace the origin of a tree log unearthed almost a century ago.

Trees have stories to tell. We all learn when we’re kids that reading tree rings shows us how old a tree is. But expert Valerie Trouet says they can tell us so much more than that.

One of the oldest domestic arts, dehydrating foods at home provides an easy, economical way to save surplus food for a later time and in turn, decrease agriculture waste.