Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ecuador is home to over 4,000 native orchid species, thanks to its unique climatic and geographic conditions. Now, researchers ...

Sometimes newfound flower species are lurking where scientists least expect to see them — in parks, gardens and even in planters on balconies. That's where researchers in Japan recently identified a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The largest family of flowering plants in the world is the massive sunflower family (Asteraceae) with over 32,000 species thus far ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Around a decade ago, Kobe University biologist Kenji Suetsugu took ...

(CNN) — Sometimes newfound flower species are lurking where scientists least expect to see them — in parks, gardens and even in planters on balconies. That’s where researchers in Japan recently ...

Deep in the forests of Southeast Asia, Pankaj Kumar kept careful watch over 23 small, wild plants in 2012. He returned to them again and again, waiting for them to bloom. They were orchids, he was ...

New Delhi: India's orchids are under pressure from illicit harvesting and exploitation for illegal trade. Of the vast diversity of 1,256 orchid species recorded in India, 307 are endemic to the ...

A threatened species of orchid has been spotted in Vermont for the first time since 1902. The species has been declared federally threatened for years and has been missing from some of its native ...

Conservation plant hunters have discovered four new species of mini orchids in a Colombian nature reserve. The discoveries were made in the Cauca valley between the Andes mountains and the Pacific ...