After decades of research, plant systematics researchers at the University of Bayreuth have now presented a complete overview ...

Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that ...

Gardeners use foundation plants in the front of a house to help it blend in with its natural surroundings while hiding the ...

Scientists have now named an entirely new family of plants with this peculiar feeding quirk, calling it Afrothismiaceae after the genus Afrothismia. Afrothismia species are all confined to ...

A study in Science analyzed nitrogen isotope ratios in fossilized tooth enamel from seven Australopithecus individuals (3.7–3 ...

For nature, the more species there are in a place, the more stable the climate and structure will be. It resembles a food chain, with three or four species. If one species collapses, the whole chain ...

Creating a biosecurity crisis is shockingly simple. In the 1850s, Jane Paterson, a settler near Albury planted seeds of a ...

Instead of growing in soil, they cling to trees, rocks and even buildings. And they do it without parasitizing or harming their hosts.

Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name—revealing a novel mechanism by ...

A team of botanists has made a significant discovery in Nagaland, identifying a new species of Aeschynanthus genus, Aeschynanthus clarkei.