Folks who know me know I am not particularly fond of turfgrass (think bermudagrass, centipede, etc.). I have a high level of respect for property and golf course managers that ...

After a long stint in court, FWS agreed last year to make a decision on the plant, which is largely located in places like ...

A new lady's-slipper orchid, once believed to be extinct in the UK, has been spotted in the wild for the first time in 100 years following a decades-long conservation drive, experts said Tuesday.

Researchers with ties to the University of Guam have helped name and describe an orchid species that is only found on Guam and Rota. The orchid known to local botanists for decades but never ...

Discussing buttercups, marigolds or orchids with a taxonomist in ... The rub is that botanical names change alongside scientific discovery: Advances in fields like genetics, microscopy and fossil ...

They compared the Norfolk Island specimen to descriptions of orchid species in scientific journals ... As per taxonomic rules, the species from Norfolk Island retained the name Adelopetalum argyropus ...

and how the different insects were identified (scientific names given in the publications). Thus, from 1997 to 2020, we collected 116 published papers from which only 26 were kept for this review. The ...

Q. I notice you sometimes include scientific names of animals in your columns. One time you identified a timber rattlesnake; another time, two turtles (an Alabama redbelly turtle and a stinkpot).

Q. I notice you sometimes include scientific names of animals in your columns. One time you identified a timber rattlesnake; another time, two turtles (an Alabama redbelly turtle and a stinkpot).

Orchis italica is also called the Italian orchid, but it's frequently described as the naked man orchid or hanging man orchid. A closer look at these beautiful blooms may reveal exactly where the name ...