In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...

In South Africa there’s a little-known ecosystem, containing more plant species than the entire Amazon, plants that are found ...

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...

Researchers have described a new-to-science species of carnivorous plant that’s known from only three locations on the ...

Under Trump's executive order, marijuana will be moved from Schedule I, which includes banned substances such as heroin, LSD, ...

This plant, called a fairy lantern, is a parasite that steals all its energy and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that dwell ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

Berkshire Botanical Garden is offering a four-week course, "Invasives: Plants and Insects," on Saturdays, Jan 10 to 31.

Polystichum hildae, a holly fern discovered in Columbia, is named after a 95-year-old longtime volunteer at UVM. Here's why.

Scientists reveal that the scale of analysis determines whether invasive plants succeed by resembling or differing from ...

Species discovery rates are accelerating, not declining. A new study shows 2020 broke records for new species descriptions, ...

The controversial Soda Mountain Solar Project is proposed for an area where one of three wildlife crossings is planned to be ...