The truffles — a type of fungi found across the globe and revered as rare culinary delicacies — have since been studied by researchers hoping to unlock their mysteries. By analyzing their DNA and the ...

Tiny copper 'nano-flowers' have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the ...

Dr. Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists—including from the Natural History Museum of Denmark ...

Sydney's corpse flower attracts thousands of people with its rare blossom and its stench of rotting flesh, offering a ...

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

Frogs, lizards, snakes, spiders and other insect pests are being transported across the world on cut flowers and potted plants, with the potential to harm nature, according to scientists.

that will push the number of automakers to take more pragmatic decisions." Chinese brands could buy plants to overcome trade barriers, or open new factories in lower-cost European countries and ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...

(AP Photo/Stephanie Nano, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Government inspectors documented unsanitary conditions at several Boar’s Head deli meat plants, not ...

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 ...