Barbara Chung may have the tiniest habitat garden in Los Angeles — some 200 mostly native plants in pots on her 7-by-20-foot townhouse terrace — and she’s happy to erase any doubts about whether patio ...

A study in Science examined how climate change will affect the habitat ranges of plant species. Another looked at what types ...

DULUTH, Minn. - Millions of acres of wildlife habitat have been lost to corn production across America's heartland in recent years and the damage is worst nearest ethanol production plants. That's the ...

Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing.

A University of Florida professor visited the University of Connecticut on Thursday, Feb. 5, to discuss the impact of habitat fragmentation and drought on tropical plants. Emilio Bruna spoke to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Full disclosure: I wasn't always a fan of California native plants because, honestly, I didn't know anything about them. I was too ...

Welcome to the first issue of the L.A. Times Plants newsletter, with a list of this month’s plant-related activities and upcoming events. But first, today’s lesson in Los Angeles’ changing landscapes ...

How does habitat diversity influence biodiversity and food webs? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated how the number of ...

A new UC Davis-led study projects that 7% to 16% of global plant species could lose over 90% of their range by 2100 due to climate-driven habitat loss, even if they shift ranges. Researchers say ...