Learn how an underground plant is redefining what plants need to survive.

A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive.

A new method predicts leaf optical properties from traits, improving canopy light modeling and photosynthesis estimates in ...

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first ...

Have you ever wondered why so many plants in our surroundings have leaves which are green in colour? Whether it’s a large ...

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A research team has developed a new way to measure and predict how plant leaves scatter and reflect light, revealing that ...

Money plants are a favorite among indoor plant lovers, thanks to their air-purifying qualities and easy maintenance ...

Whether you've made a batch of mashed potatoes or a potato leek soup, don't throw the peels away! You can repurpose them in ...

My recent soil analyses came back with an expected recommendation: Lime. I am not a geologist nor a chemist, but when I took ...

This plant, called a fairy lantern, is a parasite that steals all its energy and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that dwell ...

A research team has developed a method for improving crop growth monitoring by accurately estimating the fraction of absorbed ...