The plant’s seeds contain ricin, a highly toxic substance. Ingesting just a few seeds can cause severe poisoning and death. Also known as "wolf's bane," this plant contains aconitine, which can cause ...

A California school has planted a tree that’s out of this world. Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary School in Lake Forest ...

Surrounded by peppers, tomatoes, rosemary and raspberries in a garden bed beside their home, a Tupelo couple's 16-foot okra plant may be a world record contender. Weylon and Tonja Michael, who have ...

In “The Forbidden Garden,” Simon Parkin examines the mad, heroic decision during the siege of Leningrad to guard biodiversity ...

Autumn is a time for…life? This may seem perplexing, as we often link fall with plants dying, wildlife migrating and us retreating indoors. However, this is when conservationists managing prairies ...

Incorporating “plant points” into meal planning is one simple way of ensuring a varied, well-balanced, plant-based or ...

A decline in the number of common seed dispersers has raised the question: what impact might this have on the plants that ...

Força Foods, a food company based in San Francisco focused on sustainable ingredients and water conservation, has launched an ...

A team of geologists, life scientists and biologists affiliated with several institutions in China has found one of the ...

A team of ecologists at the University of Coimbra, Aarhus University and the University of Bristol has found that ...

Scientists have discovered one of the earliest examples of a winged seed, granting insight into the origin and early evolution of wind dispersal strategies in plants. Scientists have discovered ...

The Caring For Our Forest workshop was an opportunity to personally connect with urban biodiversity conservation efforts and ...