Thismia is often called a “vampire plant” because it survives without photosynthesis and instead relies on other organisms for energy. Hidden in forest floors and often seen only briefly, it lives ...

In this episode, we’ll learn how plant knowledge can help you navigate everyday life. Plants have got you surrounded. They’re in your toothpaste, your bedsheets, and your regular Taco Bell order. In ...

Children must be taught more about the importance of plants if education about climate change and sustainability is to be effective, experts have warned. Children must be taught more about the ...

A plant thought extinct for 58 years has been found again in Australia after a chance upload to a citizen science mobile app.

During the nineteen-seventies and eighties, a researcher at the University of Washington started noticing something strange in the college’s experimental forest. For years, a blight of caterpillars ...

Prudence Gibson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The year 1967 was memorable for plenty of reasons. It was the year of the first human heart transplant and the moment the ...

Every day, new species discoveries make big headlines in the news, but scientists are also realizing just how many “undiscovered” species are hiding in plain sight. These species lie buried within ...

BLUFFTON — Bluffton University announced the establishment of the M’Della Moon Endowed Chair in Botany and Environmental Science thanks to generous funding from anonymous donors. The $1.5 million ...