A new study led by the University of Oxford has used a modeling approach to show that it is unlikely that plants would evolve ...

An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a ...

Researchers have proposed that some wild plant species possess certain attributes which make them more suitable for human cultivation than others. Researchers at the University of Southampton have ...

A new study has used a modelling approach to show that it is unlikely that plants would evolve to warn other plants of impending attack. Instead of using their communication networks to transmit ...

Andre A. Naranjo receives funding from the National Science Foundation, Florida Native Plant Society, and the Botanical Society of America. Modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow ...

Jared Margulies receives funding from The Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund (UK). He is affiliated with The Cactus and ...

Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name — revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ensure reproduction.

She's used blood and dog excrement to test cleaning products. Plants have pores just like we do. If the surfaces of the leaves are dirty, they can’t photosynthesize properly. “That will ...

This will not cause the extensive damage we see with hard to severe freezes, but we expect some damage to tropical plants, particularly those that were not covered. The groups most affected likely ...

The results of cowslip observations carried out with the help of citizen scientists from 32 countries in over 5,200 locations shed light on the well-being of insect-pollinated plants under changing ...

RAIN CHANCES MOVE IN AS WE GET TO THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT WE ARE NOT EXPECTING TO S As Southeast Louisiana prepares for freezing temperatures, it is time to make plans to protect any plants that ...