Plants reflect urban climate and soil conditions with remarkable precision. Using more than 80 million observations from ...

The black-bulb yam excels at mimicry, producing small clones of itself that look like the dark, shiny berries of seed-growing ...

Scientists have successfully grown plants in space, raising new questions about food beyond Earth. This video explores how ...

The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas is leading an effort to turn plants into better medicines. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge explains what we already know about herbal remedies — and what ...

Science is the force that makes Longwood's gardens flourish. A new scientific plan will launch along with events for the ...

In the weird world of chlorophyll-free “fairy lantern” plants, there’s a new species to admire. By plant standards, Thismia are truly odd. Lacking chlorophyll, they eschew photosynthesis, instead ...

Scientists named 190 new plants and fungi in 2025, many already threatened. New DNA tools are speeding discovery as habitat ...

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Want to grow your own vegetables? Students at Hawthorn Academy in South Jordan are doing just that, minus the soil. "I want to grow a farm or a garden," Grace Egege, a ...

Early one morning in 1985, a pair of researchers trekked into a spit of Colombian rainforest surrounded by coffee plantations. Their task was to identify all the epiphytes — plants that grow on other ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Many people in St. Louis may not realize the region is a plant science powerhouse. And in just a few months, one of the leading plant science centers will have a new leader at ...