It will be years until NASA is ready for a journey to the red planet, but if Earth continues to suffer from climate change, Mars could come to us.
Researchers found that urban gardens and allotments provide especially good habitat for pollinator communities.
A multi-institutional research team used the power of open-access databases to predict the conservation status of more than 150,000 plants.
Plants and animals in the tropics are threatened by a range of issues, warn researchers writing in the journal Nature.
A research team in Canada has tested the use of environmental DNA to ease the process of identifying and surveying aquatic plants.
A study shows that most of the variation in plants and trees comes down to just two factors: overall size and the "leaf economics spectrum."
Researchers from around the globe have creative ideas about how to re-engineer photosynthesis to meet the food demands of the future.
Nothing to see over here! Just an innocent saguaro! Yeah, right.
Botanists and forensic scientists developed the same theory in the late 19th century. They might have a lot to learn from each other, if they would talk to each other now.
Even if you live in an urban environment, taking some time to correct for plant blindness can provide many benefits, both physical and psychological.
As Walter Benjamin predicted would happen in “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Production,” the eroticization of plant life has become yet another ritualistic art victimized by a technology.
The biological principle of xenohormesis suggests that organic farming advocates might very well be pampering their plants into nutritional laziness.
If you're looking for the homogenizing impulse in American society, you need search no further than your own lawn.
Drugs made from plants are often too expensive for the people who need them. A group of scientists may have found a solution.
Deep in the driest and hottest part of Israel, a California-born botanist is trying to remake the Negev Desert with productive trees that thrive on abuse.
The Byzantine legal process of placing plants and animals on America's endangered species list swallows the efforts of the agency that curates the list. A new agreement may untangle the mess.
A French researcher finds flowers really do put women in a romantic mood.
Miller-McCune’s Web editor loves all of his progeny, especially these — and these, and those.
Plant physiologist Jodie Holt's study and management of weeds has earned her kudos in Hollywood and in academe.
A dye made from the purple pokeberry — a common weed — proves uncommonly effective at juicing up the prospects for solar power.
Software used to optimize flow for jets and phone calls adds a new wrinkle in protecting plants migrating due to climate change.
Bamboo houses combat climate change, encourage economic growth and protect the poor from natural disaster. Why aren't there more of them?
Sto Corp's self-cleaning Lotusan exterior paint uses the plant's micro-structural qualities to remove dirt just after a rain.
Oh, sure, they look pretty, but don't be fooled. Some flora will explode in your face, some will take over the earth if left unchecked, some could kill you or make you wish you were dead. Here is a top 10 list of the planet's evil greens.