This bushy plant has dense, brain-like flowers nicknamed wool flowers or brain celosia. Despite its unsettling appearance, cockscomb has a rich history in traditional medicine and has been used to ...

The beads, originally found in Kebara Cave, on Israel’s Mount Carmel, are the oldest known example of humans using plants to ...

Short lived perennial. Adapted to a wide range of soils, it grows best on soils with fine to medium texture that are well drained. It tolerates low fertility and moderately acid soils but has low ...

Every bite an herbivore takes comes at the expense of a plant. Are plants passive victims or do they actively resist these attacks? Some plants avoid herbivory by decreasing their apparency or ...

Although the relationship between the red milkweed beetle and milkweed plants has been studied for nearly 150 years, an ...

However, it might surprise you that there's currently no legally binding regulation for how apps should protect your privacy and security. Working with security experts, Red Maple, we put these ...

Plants come in all shapes and sizes, from giant oak trees to tiny flowers. Some have bright and colourful flowers, whilst others have leaves that turn red in autumn and fall off. No matter what ...

Plants help people and animals to live. Plants provide food for people and animals to eat. They also make oxygen. All people and animals need oxygen to breathe. Plants are a very important part of ...

Nevada’s last coal plant is scheduled to close in 2025 after 40 years of service due to rising operation costs. The closure will dramatically improve air quality, yet the economic impact will be ...

Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...