Whether it rains or shines this Easter, the long weekend will find me crouching in the garden, grimly excavating the ground elder with which my patch is infested.

Under a strictly controlled environment in the Botany Greenhouse grows a sweet fern — one amongst many of its like. Every now and then it feels a hand or a tweezer poking its stalk, its weeds cleared ...

Experience the fascinating journey of a plant growing from seed to vibrant full bloom in just 103 days with this detailed ...

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In this episode we’ll explore the earliest plants: bryophytes and seedless vascular plants Forget your favorite flowers, because we’re talking all about the mean green sporing machines. In this ...

Plants possess extraordinary and often beautiful means of thriving in diverse environments. To explore plant structure and function in different ecosystems, and to better understand how a changing ...

The social dynamics of plants are as complex as those at any high school. By studying how plants interact — one-on-one, as a population, and in their communities — ecologists can figure out how to ...

With the lightest touch, this plant bursts open, flinging its seeds through the air. Here’s how it evolved this biological mechanism — and more importantly, why.

Glandular trichomes on the leaf tip of the sundew plant (Drosera filiformis) resemble dewdrops. In some lineages of plants, hairs do not provide protection. They function as a tool to gather essential ...