An international study led by researchers from Charles University in Prague (CUNI) and the Biology Centre of the Czech ...

Rafflesia arnoldii is the world’s largest individual flower, but almost everything about it is unusual. It has no roots, ...

The cross-pollination of most alpine plants depends on insects, whose altitudinal distribution is limited by temperature. However, although global warming is causing shifts in temporal and spatial ...

Buzz pollination looks random, yet a scoop at the anther pore fires pollen in a narrow jet, and the wrong pitch scatters it ...

University of Warwick research has shown how pollination could be combined with a new, environmentally friendly approach to protecting crops from ...

Gardening advice from an urban horticulturist emeritus with the University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service ...

Synthetic pesticides do not solve garden problems; they mute the VOC signals and dismantle the natural defenses that keep the ...

A rare death bloom has begun for a three-metre plant at Kew Gardens, which will come to the end of its life with a spectacular display. The agave montana was planted around 20 years ago and once it ...

One of the driest places on Earth has become a canvas of color after uncharacteristically heavy rainfall brought millions of dormant seeds and bulbs to life in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Vast stretches ...

High in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains of southwestern China, the alpine meadows that blanket the slopes of Yulong Mountain ...

High on the wind-scoured passes of the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, botanists have documented something extraordinarily ...

Precision pollination research will use sensors and AI to link pollinator activity with fruit set, yield and quality.