An exotic colour at the far end of our visible spectrum and often associated with royalty, purple is relatively rare in nature. But some vibrant plants, animals and fungi do show off a regal purple, ...

NASA's IXPE mission has provided new insights into black holes' coronae, revealing their shape and enhancing our ...

Boy, oh, boy, do I ever like October. First, that darn oppressive heat is gone. And when you realize that most of that ...

Columnist Shannon Brennan writes how the polluted skies have hidden some of space's most extraordinary sights.

New findings using data from NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission offer unprecedented insight into the ...

Right now it’s not uncommon to find this stain at many places because there are lots of pokeweed plants covered with purple/black berries in the fields and at wild places in the yard.

What are Black Carrots? Black carrots (Daucus carota subsp. sativus var. atrorubens) are a lesser-known cultivar of carrots distinguished by their deep purple to almost black exterior and vibrant ...

Salix purpurea (purple willow) Salix fragilis (crack willow) Salix alba (white willow) Salix daphnoides (violet willow) Salix pentandra (bay willow) The white willow and black willow are two of ...

Black rose succulent also known as Aeonium Arboreum or ‘Zwartkop’ is a succulent with foliage shaped like the rose flower. It ...

One of the banders in Pennsylvania is Sandy Lockerman, who lives in Harrisburg. When someone finds an unusual hummingbird in ...

Hour Racing's web of climate solutions was on display at New York Climate Week. It powers climate action through sponsorship, ...

whose contributions were downplayed in the Continue reading » The Story of Nature: A Human History In this erudite inquiry, Mynott (Birds in the Ancient World), the former chief executive of ...