Mutualistic partnerships between species abound across nature — but it’s a tricky dance to make sure both parties keep ...

Experts want to combat new species of plants that are moving around within the United States, and coming from around the world, before they get a foothold. By Margaret Roach When it comes to invasive ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew together with international partners present their annual pick of the top 10 plants and fungi described as new to science in 2023. From threatened plants ...

A team of botanists from Ecuador, Germany, and the United States has described two new species of carnivorous plants with striking appearance. They are part of the butterworts (genus Pinguicula), a ...

Q. Most examples of unusual wildlife are animals. Which plants do you think are notable, or at least interesting, in some way? A. I have received this question before, the first time being from Joab ...

Some plants are able to take over uninhabited spaces like sand dunes, volcanic substrates and rockfall areas. The first colonizers have specific traits that allow them to grow in such hostile ...

Modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow mostly in Florida, likely result from ancient hybridization, according to a recent study I published with colleagues. Scrub mints are a clade – ...

WASHINGTON - Some of the plants that make familiar landscapes recognisable may not survive by the century’s end as climate change becomes an increasingly important driver of species loss, according to ...