Once a seed germinates, it is committed to one location. Plants are sessile—stuck where they started out—forced to cope with ...

Joshua trees’ only pollinator — whose evolution has synced with the predictably timely blossoming of their flowers.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Public Service Commission Chairman Charlotte Lane says she has no plans to vote in favor of closing any coal-fired power plants in West Virginia. Charlotte Lane And Lane told ...

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Search efforts have not uncovered any survivors following an explosion at a Tennessee munitions plant, where more than a dozen people were reported missing in the wake of the blast Friday morning. “I ...