As wildflowers go, the mountain jewelflower is demure, clever and quietly unbreakable. It has spread across many of California's iconic landscapes, from Sonoma wine country to the oak-dotted foothills ...

Sunflowers, butterfly puddlers and garden tours are among the warm-weather delights for Lancaster County plant lovers this June. Here are five garden-related events in the county this month. STRASBURG ...

Key Points Milkweed is the only plant monarch butterflies can lay their eggs on and feed from as caterpillars.Other ...

China has delivered the world's first human artificial embryo models to orbit to test how microgravity affects human ...

A new study into one of Earth’s most critical habitats has discovered that a species once thought to reproduce through ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of how Amphibolis antarctica, Australia’s strange sea nymph seagrass, reproduces underwater.

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Samantha Schoech Samantha Schoech is a writer focusing on gifts. She spends ...

Plants have been cloning themselves for millions of years. Strawberries send out runners, potatoes sprout new shoots, and mosses spread across damp ground without ever producing seeds. Yet scientists ...

For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter of survival – and new research shows how flowers do it is more intriguing ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction. Their plastid genomes shrank dramatically in a shared ancestor, yet the ...

Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared. By Sofia Quaglia If a plant wants to reproduce, there are a number of tricks it can use to lure a pollinator insect. It can display gaudily ...