YAKIMA, Wash. -- Often when I am explaining to someone from out of state that I live in Washington, I clarify by saying I live on the “desert” side. I know they often have a vision of greenery and ...

Phylogenetic analyses are essential for disentangling how environmental filtering and competition determine species coexistence across spatial scales. Inner Mongolia steppe has strong environmental ...

Scientists have recovered DNA from a well-preserved horned lark found in Siberian permafrost. The results can contribute to explaining the evolution of sub species, as well as how the mammoth steppe ...

Forest steppes are a mosaic of grasslands and forests in the transition of temperate forest and steppe biomes and occur from the Far East of Russia to the Carpathian Basin in the West. Besides ...

On Tuesday at Denver Botanic Gardens, development seeds sown almost a decade ago bore more fruit in the form of three newly dedicated spaces: the Sensory Garden, the Steppe Garden and the All-America ...

The need to understand and manage ecosystems at larger “macrosystem” levels is becoming increasingly crucial with climate change and global challenges facing our freshwater ecosystems. Macrosystem ...