Tropical forests lose species due to humans, even inside protected areas. Scientists found that forests near people have ...

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

Researchers at the Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER) at the University of Bayreuth have found ...

Thousands of carnivorous and rare tropical plants are hidden inside greenhouses on a dusty Hill Country road. For the first ...

Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

Air plants bloom only once, their small pink, coral, purple or white flowers signaling their impending death. But no worries: ...

Malagasy people have been using Madagascar’s unique native plants for food, medicine and handcrafts for thousands of years.

Apparently, a recent mass extinction event in South America never actually happened. For four decades, it was believed that a ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

Pruning back old and diseased growth now will help these five different plants thrive later in the year, so you can enjoy a ...

A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management ...