Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered certain proteins may be the key to saving plants' lives when ...

How to propagate grocery store fruit at home. It’s a simple project that can instill wonder in gardeners young and old and ...

Scientists discover that fast-changing cactus flowers, not size or pollinators, are behind the rapid evolution of new cactus species.

Scientists recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell ...

My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...

News footage these days sometimes shows wild horses crowding dry rangelands in the American West or deer wandering through suburban streets, highlighting the growing problem of wildlife ...

Perhaps the biggest surprise is that it tricks ants into moving its seeds with a scent that mimics their larvae ...

To propagate a rattlesnake plant, remove it from the pot and cut off the plantlets. Pot up these pups and place them in a ...

Hundreds of plants are protected by the Endangered Species Act, but moss is an underdog. There's only one type that has federal protection, but a group of scientists wants to change that.

When native plants thrive, the entire ecosystem thrives, too. What to know about native plants, and how they are crucial to ...

Plants are usually seen as stationary life forms, quietly supporting environments. But plant communities and populations are ...

T he blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. A pale spike resembling ...