A rainforest is a tropical or subtropical ... plants found in tropical environments around the world. The plants get their common name from their curious shape - the upper part of the plant ...

Hidden in the jungles of Indonesia is a plant that doesn't live off of the sun, instead it gains its sustenance through ...

The BriefFour new species of Epiphytes or airplants have been discovered in the jungles of South America.This is a discovery ...

When strolling through a garden center or flipping through a plant catalog, you’ll often notice two distinct names on each tag: a common name and a botanical name. While the common name feels ...

Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternative, but critics question whether this form of conservation will work.

But there are those who argue that some of these names are problematic, demeaning or even racist. That’s why the community of plant, algae and fungi researchers took a series of steps to start t ...

For thousands of years, the inhabitants of the Brazilian rainforest have been using medicinal plants. But this knowledge is in danger of disappearing. The deforestation of the Brazilianrainforest ...

Scientists have today announced the discovery of a species of lipstick vine completely new to science, from the depths of the Philippine rainforest ... the plant's flowers have a distinct pattern ...

It is, however, by no means the only, or for that matter the major reason why the Amazon Rainforest has more plant and animal species than anywhere else on earth. Larry Michael will talk about the ...