A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

The National Museum of Natural History’s herbarium is helping botanists research climate-driven changes in plants, their biology and their abundance Abigail Eisenstadt Through research on living and ...

The fruits and vegetables we eat today have come a long way from their wild ancestors, thanks to millennia of domestication and cultivation. And throughout history, artists have captured the ...

The way leaves reflect light, known as plant reflectance spectra, can illuminate the evolutionary history of seed plants, according to researchers. The researchers found that by measuring the light ...

“Plants, whether they are enormous, or microscopic, are the basis of all life including ourselves.” This was David Attenborough’s introduction to The Green Planet, the latest BBC natural history ...

(WHTM) – Plants are staples in Christmas tradition, especially the iconic Christmas tree, but many other plants are synonymous with the holiday season. Each of these festive plants has a unique story ...

Pickup trucks and wagons filled with florals and foliage exited a parking lot-turned-plant display as hundreds welcomed spring with open arms and green thumbs. The Florida Museum of Natural History ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This spring, Waterloo, Iowa, became the site of one of the ...