When you think of alpine plants, it might seem like a niche horticultural club, requiring lots of expertise and specialist composts. Certainly, you’ll find a few ...

Summer is here in the Alpine areas of Colorado! If you are out exploring these newly snow-free peaks, keep an eye out for some of the spectacular Alpine plants in bloom, including moss campion (Silene ...

Glacier buttercup, Ranunculus glacialis, in front of the Rutor glacier, Italy. (Photo courtesy G. Losapio and co-authors) Scientists studying the effects of glacial melt say a quarter of alpine flower ...

Global warming is leading to longer growing seasons worldwide, with many plants growing earlier in spring and continuing longer in autumn thanks to warmer temperatures—so the general opinion. Now, ...

Researchers have studied how two characteristic Arctic-alpine plant species respond to global warming. They did this by analyzing almost 500 million of their own readings from the mountainous region ...

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Niwot Ridge is a place of grandeur. The mountains are tall and steep. The sky is bright and open. In this land, most people instinctively look up and out. A research group from the University of ...

Like the movie version of Spider-Man who shoots spider webs from holes in his wrists, a little alpine plant has been found to eject cobweb-like threads from tiny holes in specialized cells on its ...

Camouflage is a common defensive strategy among animals. By modifying their coloration and patterning, animals evade predators or ambush prey. Notably, more than 40% of alpine plant species in the ...