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Birds do it, chimps do it, even monarch butterflies do it – and by paying more attention to how animals self-medicate, we can ...

An invasive species has been impacting Virginia and more than 40 other states in the U.S. The Tree-of-heaven can get up to 8 ...

Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...

The horticulturist travels the world in search of troubled species to propagate. His motivation? “Plants are the alchemists of our universe.” ...

Dog trainers are just one example of the kind of highly specialized USDA staff that have been removed from their stations in recent weeks. Teams devoted to inspecting plant and food imports have been ...

A dense shrub with light purple flowers found in the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district ...

For a plant, life in Argentina’s Monte Desert is hard enough. Daily temperatures can fluctuate dramatically; it rarely rains, and there are few nutrients in the parched soil for a hungry plant. To add ...

Experts warn gardeners to avoid planting invasive species, which harm local ecosystems and cost Virginians about $1 billion ...

Recent research by scientists at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Texas Tech University, and several other collaborating institutions have identified ancient fossils of a newly ...

Using current technological and scientific advances, we are able to observe a snapshot of a plant group that is rapidly ...

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus ...