ELKO — Sagebrush is a ubiquitous kind of plant. It grows in most Nevadans' backyards, appears on the Nevada state flag and serves as a source of coals for grilling. It is also a habitat for sage ...

Ever heard some sagebrush shout, Look out? New research says plants like the brush common in eastern Oregon can warn their clones of impending danger. The study suggests plants have a more complex ...

The Elk Mountains displayed bright colors on a frosty morning in early October. The sky was blue, the air was clear, and aspen displayed their full range of fall foliage colors. The rising sun’s light ...

After the Hansen Road fire burned along the hills just outside Benton City in southeastern Washington this past summer, signs of life are slowly springing back up from the blackened ground — now with ...

Sagebrush, that iconic low bush you see in growing wild throughout the West, may look unremarkable. But it’s an environmental powerhouse. Sagebrush, which makes up the largest interconnected habitat ...

Sagebrush engaged in self-recognition and communicate danger to their "clones" or genetically identical cuttings planted nearby, researchers show. To thine own self be true” may take on a new ...

Within the sagebrush steppe ecosystem, sagebrush plants influence a number of ecosystem properties, including nutrient distribution, plant species diversity, soil moisture, and temperature, and ...

"That sagebrush is 54 years old," he says finally to an awed group of onlookers touring the Bench Corral country. "This plant has had it, and it's soon to be out of the picture." Unfortunately, the ...

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from ecologist Holly Copeland, a staff scientist with The Nature Conservancy. Copeland’s work focuses on mapping out wildlife migration corridors and other ...

Carolyn Dadabay clips a sprig of Wyoming sagebrush near Bonneville Point to go to her lab for testing. She recently won a big research grant. [email protected] Carolyn Dadabay is a drug ...

Wild tobacco growing in a field near experimentally clipped sagebrush became more resistant to herbivores than tobacco plants near unclipped sagebrush. Here, we asked whether eavesdropping on ...

Women at the South Boise Women’s Correctional Center box up sagebrush seedlings to be brought to the Bureau of Land Management. Institute for Applied Ecology Inside of a hoop house, tiny sagebrush ...