Feral hogs — and other large, plant-eating mammals that are “invasive” — are no worse for plant life than their native peers, a new study finds. Texas has around 2.6 million wild pigs, the most in the ...

A red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag, in Freyr forest, near Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium. Red deer can prevent the regeneration of forest. Whether this is seen as negative or positive may depend on both the ...

The growing problem of invasive plants has ignited a buzzstorm of local and national efforts to get rid of our worst weedy offenders and stop new invaders from gaining a foothold. But one strategy ...

More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume ...

We won’t eat our way out of an invasive species problem. It’s disappointing. But I want to be upfront and get that part out of the way because it was the first thing I thought of when I found out that ...

Plants have been part of our diet as long as meat has, with new evidence showing that Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens and even earlier Homo hominins were using and processing starches, grass seeds, ...