Have you noticed some curly, spiky, gray-green, alien-like plants resting in a shell, hanging from a ceiling, perched on ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

Humans make stuff up—including the names and classifications of living things. But those categories are still useful. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how taxonomy and systematics ...

The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 meters tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few ...

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth Zoë Schlanger Harper (2024) During the COVID-19 pandemic, while people were tucked away in ...

Mid-sized shrubs fill in gaps and help balance temperature swings. Layering plants helps your garden handle unpredictable ...

The holly and the ivy, though beautiful, when they are both full grown, can absolutely stump even the best gardeners in our ...

Dr. Jennifer Ashton shares what to know about plant-based diets. Adding more plants to your diet can add years to your life, according to a new study. Researchers in Norway used computer models to ...

While hiking in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains as a kid, I’d be poked by yucca spikes, scratched by the tough leaves of oak trees and calmed by the soothing aroma of sages. Back then, I ...