Nearly 4,000 pounds of 30 species were cleared. Volunteers wage battle against thorn-covered invader threatening local nature ...

Photosynthesis refers to the process by which plants convert sunlight into usable energy. The process not only produces ...

Pay close attention to the flora and fauna growing around you. It may open you up to a world of wonder, appreciation and ...

National Plant a Flower Day is all about celebrating the beauty of flowers. Planting them can also help save pollinators like ...

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...

Canescens wild azalea. Many varieties of wild azaleas will be available at Birdsong Nature Center’s Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, March 15, and March 29, 2025. Among the hits? Apple AirPods and a ...

Scientists used terahertz imaging to study agave plants' water storage. Findings could improve drought-resistant crops.

Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...

Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ancestor that ...

As the evenings begin to get lighter and the cold, unfriendly days of Old Man Winter begin to fade away, it’s time to head outdoors and look for nature’s cues that spring is on the way. It’s the ...

Plants with leaves shaped like hearts or teardrops ... and use those categories to understand how nature works. So, taxonomy and systematics offer two different ways of making sense of the ...