A type of Japanese dogsbane releases a scent identical to wounded ants’ distress signal, drawing in scavenging flies that unwittingly pollinate it.

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Almost half of the carbon dioxide produced on the planet is consumed by the oceans, living organisms, and plants. At the same time, plants play the most important role, since they not only absorb CO2 ...

This year's United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the environmentally vulnerable Amazon. But what is actually on the ...

Dundee Elementary parents and students recently joined together to plant trees at the school. Aila McMickell, Gus Lotspeich, Graham McMickell and Ava Saldivar help plant a tree recently at Dundee ...

The typical approach to flower photography is to use a long lens or macro lens and blur out the backdrop with a shallow depth of field, so that the focus is on the subject. But why not take a ...

One person was taken to hospital after a truck rolled on State Highway 29 in Tauriko. Photo / Ayla Yeoman There will be delays on State Highway 29 tonight as contractors remove a truck that rolled ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A slice of Elmo’s world can now be found in a larger-than-life corn maze in Upstate New York. Liberty Ridge Farm’s corn maze has been named one of the biggest and best corn mazes in America by Time ...

LLANOS DE CHALLE NATIONAL PARK, Chile (AP) — A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers. The ...