Plants can bring beauty, shade, and biodiversity to your backyard, but not all plants are welcome. Some species are outright ...

Climate change will bring the United Kingdom warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers. Britain has seen warm periods ...

There is a wide range of simple actions anyone can take to regenerate and conserve biodiversity right at home.

A team of researchers is using artificial intelligence in hopes of saving U.S. ranchers $35 million spent keeping an invasive ...

The Center for Native Plants on U.S. 93 South will present its annual speaker series each Thursday evening in August. The first two presentations are free, and the second two are ticketed events that ...

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

The garden is a tribute to a lifelong advocate for environmental stewardship and a place where people can come and learn more ...

Summer marks the blooming season for NC’s most ferocious native plant: the Venus flytrap. But their survival depends on more than just sunshine. WFDD visited the Green Swamp Preserve to learn more.

About nine million years ago, a hybridization involving the lineage of another farmers market star gave rise to the ...

A chance encounter between a wild tomato and a potato-like plant 9 million years ago is why we have modern-day potatoes, ...

Imagine a prairie. How many plant species are seen? Maybe some yellow coneflowers, some little bluestem, perhaps a few asters. But plant ecologists at the Urbana-Champaign say ...

Aside from being one of the largest flowers in the world, Amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flower, is most renowned for its not-so-pleasant smell. Every plant is different. Corpse flowers have been ...