On Hainan Island, centuries-old masonry supports an unexpectedly rich diversity of epilithic, or rock-dwelling, plants, highlighting a close ...

A research team has shown that ancient buildings are far more than static relics of the past, revealing them instead as dynamic living ecosystems.

Terracotta pipes embedded in stone walls allowed wastewater to flow from the basins back to an underground spring, researchers said. Delphine Béranger National Institute for Preventative ...