While terrifying for the thousands of tourists caught up in the inferno on Rhodes, wildfires are entirely natural and Mediterranean conifer forests in particular depend on them to regenerate their ...

A rare seed bug from the Mediterranean region was intercepted by Customs officials at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The bug, Orsillus maculatus, feeds on cypress seeds and can carry a ...

UC Davis research associate Kevin Welch, middle, takes inventory of plant regeneration a few years after wildfire in California's Lake Tahoe Basin. He's assisted by researcher Bill Stewart. Credit: ...