Millions of Wildflowers Now Delight the Town After Vermont Couple Got Tired of Mowing the Lawn All Day
First came 'baby's breath' then came red and yellow poppies, pink catchfly, bright orange sulphur cosmos, red columbine, and foxglove.
First came 'baby's breath' then came red and yellow poppies, pink catchfly, bright orange sulphur cosmos, red columbine, and foxglove.
The flowering of the specimen at the botanical gardens is allowing botanists to hand-pollinate other members with a paintbrush
The conservationists have grown 30 seedlings from a specimen discovered last year, even though the tree was presumed extinct.
The northern Haiti magnolia (Magnolia emarginata) has been missing since scientists first discovered it in 1925
The ‘Lonely Plants Club' match-making service has been set up to marry the public with the perfect houseplants to suit their lifestyles.
A Turkish botanist is learning how to cultivate what some believe to be the closest living relative to a Classical-era kitchen staple written about by Romans and Greeks. The golden-flowered "Silphium" was reported by Pliney the Elder as growing in modern-day Libya, and has been translated as being a prescription for everything from "stomach pain […]
Bridgestone has invested $100 million into farming a desert-dwelling herb to replace the rubber tree for rubber production.
Plants produce ethanol when deprived of water, so a research team in Japan reasoned it would protect them from future drought.
The scientists have confirmed that it is the first carnivorous plant ever to be found trapping prey under the soil.
Scientists are developing artificial photosynthesis to help make food production more energy-efficient here on Earth, and one day possibly on Mars.
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department confirmed they've discovered a population of orchids believed to be extinct in Vermont since 1902.
Cats get hooked on catnip because it has benefits, say researchers from Japan studying the adrenaline rush in felines.
These tall featureless trunks, which have been found as fossils all over the world, are now strongly believed to be mushrooms.
The twistflower and the milkweed now enjoy the protections of the Endangered Species List, the most successful and robust such law on earth.
Salt marshes on the East Coast have accumulated soil more quickly over the past century-and some appear to be keeping pace with rising waters.
When absorbing sunlight, plants produce a biochemical that is a common sight among home first aid kits—hydrogen peroxide—a disinfection.
When roselle polyphenols inhibited the lipase enzyme, the fat cannot be absorbed and is passed through the colon as waste.
Plants have been recorded emitted sounds that no human can hear-mostly while they are stressed, and unique to each species and stressor.
A new survey of 33 major online databases of plant photographs revealed that 20% of Australian plants have no verifiable photograph.
Photosynthesis is a wholly natural process, and scientists have been studying ways in which we can harness it to address the climate crisis.
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