The scarlet monkeyflower's ability to keep pace with a punishing drought signals some plants can adapt quickly to climate ...

A potted scarlet monkeyflower would die within a few days without water. But multiple natural populations of the species ...

Faced with extreme drought, these flowers adapted. Scientists call it "evolutionary rescue," and say it's a hopeful sign for humanity.

Understanding history helps us make sense of the present and even make predictions for the future. It’s not just historians who study history, but scientists as well. As climate change shifts the ...

The story of a wildflower that adapted to a severe drought in California raises hopes that evolution will come to the rescue ...

Scientists discover that fast-changing cactus flowers, not size or pollinators, are behind the rapid evolution of new cactus species.

Have you ever wondered why moose in Alaska are larger than their southern relatives? Have you considered why many Arctic ...

As the saying goes, there are plenty more fish in the sea—but climate change is rapidly challenging that notion, with fish ...

“They (polar bears) have indeed lost a lot of their past genetic diversity, and because of this, they are very likely more sensitive to climate-change threats today.” An analysis of newly sequenced ...

Wild scarlet monkeyflowers in California survived a historic drought by relying on a rapid evolution, marking the first time the process has been observed in the wild.

On this special New Year's edition of AgweekTV, we're taking a look at the evolution of the crops in the region over the decades. We look at how crops grown in the region have changed in recent years.