Building simple structures with sticks and stones — and inviting in dam-building beavers — can keep water where it’s needed to fight drought and wildfires.
The Sapria himalayana flower's extreme parasitic lifestyle inside the body of its host has left a bizarre imprint on its genome.
By attaching electrodes to the plant’s leaves, researchers found a way to snap its traps shut on command.
Deadly, swaggering rodents purr and snuggle when they’re with mates and young.
A plant used in traditional Chinese medicine has evolved remarkable camouflage in areas with intense harvesting pressure, a study suggests.
Lab experiments developing and testing fake Martian dirt are proving just how difficult it would be to farm on the Red Planet.
As the list of plants no longer found in the wild grows, botanists and conservationists search for signs of hope — and sometimes get lucky.
Glowing Venus flytraps reveal how calcium buildup in the cells of leaves acts as a short-term “memory” that helps the plants identify prey.
Dodder plants have no leaves to sense when to bloom, so the parasites rely on a chemical cue from their hosts instead.
In the first verified count of plants on New Guinea, a team of 99 botany experts identified more than 13,600 species.