FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Hungry goats are in for a treat after historic rainfall in the Sierra Nevada. Over 400 goats are already hard at work helping clear brush with Southern California ...

In mountainous western North America, vegetation cover has moved upward at a rapid rate over the past several decades, according to a study published in PLOS Climate by James R. Keller at Brown ...

Rapid climate change is upending plant life in the Arctic. A new study in Nature shows how one of the most fragile ecosystems on Earth is changing as warming is up to four times faster in the Arctic ...

Until now, scientists assumed that most plants suffer from water stress during droughts: they close their stomata to retain water, stop growing and, in the worst case, wither. As a result, there is a ...

Mountains cover about a quarter of the world’s land surface and provide water and mineral resources, timber and non-timber forest products, and many other food, fiber and fuel products. This ...

In Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, male and female valerian plants have responded differently to hotter, drier conditions, a new study shows. Rapidly changing ratios of the sexes could be a quick sign of ...

SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS -- The powerful atmospheric rivers slamming the Bay Area have dumped a tremendous amount of water to the region, causing our rivers and reservoirs to rise and our hills to turn ...

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In mountainous western North America, vegetation cover has moved upward at a rapid rate over the past several decades, according to a new study. Understanding such shifts in species distribution could ...

Researchers confirm the paradox: rather than withering during droughts, plants at higher elevations absolutely thrive, as a study shows. Until now, scientists assumed that most plants suffer from ...