Even for seasoned botanists and ecologists, there are plenty of moments in the field where a plant can look like a similar species, but the identification can have very different ...

Spring has sprung and flowers are abloom. In celebration of the season, the North Coast Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will hold its “Spring Native Plant Sale” May 2 and 3 at ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed scaling back federal oversight of hundreds of aging coal ash storage sites ...

Multiple dead fish have turned up in Powers Park pond in Jacksonville’s Murray Hill. Action News Jax is working to learn the ...

Along the southern coastline, researchers dive deep to collect seaweed from kelp forests and rocky platforms, taking small ...

As boating season approaches, recreational boaters are being urged to take simple steps that protect Adirondack waters from ...

A 5-acre wooded hideaway in Bradford Woods, featuring a trail, pond and recreational fishing, is anything but secret. This gift of nature is the Bradford Woods Reserve and the site of a free Earth Day ...

KATHMANDU — Until a few decades ago, botanist Bharat Babu Shrestha observed abundant growth of Indian pennywort (Centella ...

Abstract: To solve the problem of low precision of weed identification and segmentation in a complex field environment, a weed segmentation and recognition method based on an improved Mask R-CNN model ...

The Phosphorus Problem Phosphorus is a fundamental nutrient for life, influencing everything from aquatic primary ...

Amazing things happen in nature as spring begins. The weather changes, plants and trees begin to flourish, and animals start ...

With over 800 lakes and ponds to monitor across Vermont, volunteers are critical to the success of our department’s efforts,” ...