Ecological engineers of the desert With 20+ documented native plant species, Mleiha’s flora is not only diverse but essential to the park’s ecosystem. These plants have evolved to withstand extreme ...

Two destinations within the greater gulf area stand out in particular: Kenai Fjords National Park and Prince William Sound. The Kenai Fjords are one of the best places in Alaska to see local wildlife.

This leafhopper, also a non-native species, is one of the top carriers of a plant virus which has decimated sugarcane plantations in Thailand causing great economic impact.

Half of Alaska's 2.26 million visitors in 2019 arrived by cruise ship, but in 2021, land trips like mine will be far more common. On April 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new ...

Sometimes called “Alaska in miniature” and chock-full of bears, moose, eagles and jaw-dropping mountain views, the 1.92-million-acre Kenai National Wildlife Refuge would take a lifetime to get around.

Due to their extremely small populations, both species have been proposed for inclusion in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List (2024) as species requiring urgent ...

Image credits: Kenai Fjords National Park. You’ve heard of the butterfly effect — the idea that a tiny flap of wings can trigger a hurricane on the other side of the world.

As a new data point in the cataloging of Big Bend’s ecological diversity, the plant is in grand company. Although Big Bend, at about 1,200 square miles, is bigger than Rhode Island, it’s only ...

A “wooly” plant is among a few new discoveries at Big Bend National Park, park officials announced earlier this week in a news release. The small plant, officially named Ovicula biradiata and ...

Meet "wooly devil," a fuzzy new plant species discovered at a national park in Texas is a brand new species. Botanists are excited to watch it grow this spring.