This is an annual herb with a scaly branching stem which spreads somewhat upright to heights between 10 and 50 centimeters. The crusty whitish leaves are narrowly oval in shape, sometimes toothed ...

It is native to coastal southern California and northern Baja California, where it is quite rare. It grows in areas of saline and alkaline soils, such as ocean bluffs. This is a perennial herb ...

New Model Can Help Understand Coexistence in Nature Nov. 18, 2024 — Different species of seabirds can coexist on small, isolated islands despite eating the same kind of fish. A researcher has ...

Two rare species of native moths are active on the hottest days of summer from October to March. Look carefully over the barest salty areas on sunny days to see them flying low over the salty crust ...

Overnight, George had taken not only his final breath but the final breath of his entire species, the Pinta Island tortoise, as it faded into extinction. Obituaries for George soon followed in the ...

Nov. 12, 2024 — A recent study highlights that over one-third of Vietnam's 329 mammal species are threatened with ... 50 Years of Survey Data Confirm African Elephant Decline Nov. 11 ...

The Species at Risk Act (SARA) establishes Schedule 1, as the official list of wildlife species at risk. It classifies those species as being either extirpated, endangered, threatened, or a special ...

When similar species coexist, they often evolve differences to reduce competition, a process called character displacement. This study provides rare evidence of character displacement in action ...

Robotic dog works wonders in ER in age of Covid-19 ...

The wild population of boxer pupfish in Mexico appear to have gone extinct, conservationists say. A 28-year-old was man detained in Lima, accused of trying to transport endangered spiders ...