Even planting just one keystone plant in the yard or in a container will help restore biodiversity on your property.

Since the 1750s, at least 571 species of plants have gone extinct in the wild, according to a global survey recently published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. More than eight plant species have ...

Fortunately, plants can adapt remarkably well to diverse ... the scientists correlated each subpopulation's genetic profile ...

To ensure the plant didn't dry up altogether, the Center petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the species under the Endangered Species Act in 1996. It was listed the following year.

The botanically significant development is also interesting in that a specimen of this plant was first collected by researchers 27 years ago. Researchers have named the new species, which is ...