There’s a new high-priced commodity in town, and it comes from inside a cow. Cattle gallstones, long used in Chinese medicine, now sell for as much as $65 per gram, with demand skyrocketing across the ...

These fruit are produced throughout the year but due to the tree’s sensitivity to frost, it should not be planted north of ...

Even botanists can be surprised at the sheer variety of a houseplant often known only for being indestructible.

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U S national parks are famed for their biodiversity, but even the most well-studied of places can still throw us a surprise ...

Gardeners tend to have favorite plants that they grow for years. But it’s fun to try new ones. Each year, the non-profit ...

Did you know that the way weeds spread isn't your only woe? Some species can also attract pests to your yard. Discover which ...

Loropetalum or Chinese fringe flower is an early spring blooming evergreen shrub with white, pink, red, or purple flowers.

No doubt some of them were successful. Other insects may seek out shelter in a tree, rotting log, soil, or plant gall, sometimes under an insulating cover of snow. It is not so much the cold ...

A selection of some of the most striking sports photographs taken around the world over the past seven days: Florian Schieder of Italy prepares at the start for the first Men's Downhill training ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians moved north on Monday after Israeli forces withdrew from ...