The Rafflesia defies botany textbooks. The parasitic plant has no stems, leaves, or roots. It survives by leaching nutrients from certain vines and only its flowers are visible. For years ...

The Philadelphia Zoo has sprouted five massive plant displays of giant animals and insects. At the entrance is a huge butterfly sculpture with outspread wings embedded with 3,200 tiny plants.

Researchers have discovered a giant coral colony on the north-western coast of Saudi Arabia, in a part of the Red Sea that is being developed as a luxury tourist resort. The colony, a feature ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Kris Bachtell, The Morton Arboretum’s vice president of collections and horticulture, strolls through one of the center’s Quonset huts where plants are ...

A visual diary by Design Editor Wendy Goodman. The Kitchen and Library On the far wall (left), custom cabinetry with nearly 18-foot-high millwork provides storage on a grand scale. The bookshelves ...

This behemoth of the brambles calls Lake Bluff Farms in Manistee home, as do a number of unique trees and plants from all around the world. These fascinating flora were collected and planted in ...

The victims fell or were swept into the ocean, according to the police, as swells pounded Sydney and other places along the country’s east coast. At least two others were missing. By Yan Zhuang ...

Two giant pandas, He Feng and Lan Yun, have left Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan, for Austria, China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda said on Wednesday. The duo, both born ...

Strawberries, one of the most highly rated fruits to plant in spring ... They claimed that their secret is “homemade fertiliser for giant and tastier strawberries”, lies in a pair of ...

A new paper proposed by the researchers has said that dark matter may have contributed to the formation of giant black holes in the early universe. Gigantic black holes that also appeared in the ...