In Lara Mueller’s lab at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, dead plants are OK. “Don’t worry, it’s on purpose,” said ...

A new paper in Annals of Botany indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The ...

And plant ecology, or the study of relationships among plants, organisms, and their environments, is a huge field. So, let’s start zoomed in, with one-on-one interactions.

Plants, education and sustainability: rethinking the teaching of botany in school science. Journal of Biological Education, 2023; 57 (5): 941 DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2023.2264617 ...

In this episode, we’ll learn about Gregor Mendel, who used pea plants to study genetics. All of the different plants on Earth—from mango trees to marigolds—have come about thanks to the ...

By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot. However, some new reevaluations of primary source documents and ethnobotanical ...

A new study shows apps like Google Lens, iNaturalist, and Plant Snap aren’t always accurate when identifying plants. Here’s how to use them safely.

The space agricultural study could enable production of crops on a larger scale to sustain crews on future space explorations farther away from Earth. iss067e149651 (June 24, 2022) — Larger image ...

The study noted how the April 2021 Table Mountain fire was attributed to the abundance of exotic plants, which easily caught ...

A faster, eco-friendly way to collect plants The scientists were keen to see how paramotoring would compare to the ground team's work across a typical range of plant survey activities. Their ...