Can we protect the 5,000-year legacy of medicinal plants and their multi-billion-dollar market value from climate change?

First, I want to explain the difference between aggressive and invasive plants. Florida native plants can become aggressive, ...

For the first time, researchers mapped more than 300,000 plant species known to science and found that 21%, or 63,280 species, were endemic to islands, meaning they have not been found in the wild ...

Mimicry in animals is a common form of protection from predators. For instance, two distasteful or toxic butterflies may ...

The Richtersveld Desert Botanical Garden, a first of its kind in South Africa, opened its doors in August. It aims to be a living bank of the endangered and threatened plant species in the region. The ...

What they are, why we should care and what we can do about the problems they cause By Matthew Holloway The term invasive ...

Seventeen new species of plant bugs—a group of insects with a strawlike mouth used to feed on plant and animal matter—have ...

"But before that I worked in zoos for about 10 years, so I've got a really strong interest in native wildlife, and native ...

A new species of the blueberry plant was discovered at the Mt. Apo Geopark in Davao del Sur. It is called vaccinium fallax, a ...

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Department of Botany at Andhra University (AU) has initiated a conservation project to preserve 30 rare and endemic plant species native to the Eastern Ghats and surrounding ...

VISAKHAPATNAM: In yet another discovery of a new flower species, a team of botanists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) ...

Sandy beaches are beloved recreational settings, and they are also one of the world’s most endangered ecosystems. Up to 70% ...