In a newly discovered twist on the importance of good neighbors, a member of the mallow family makes more fruit when it grows beside a tangle of pandanus plants. Researchers had been studying ...

A rare African plant can serve as a beacon that points the way to diamond deposits deep beneath the Earth, new research shows. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly sides of ...

A thorny and palm-like plant in West Africa could soon become a diamond hunter’s best friend. That’s because the plant seems to grow only over rock that may contain the precious stones, scientists ...

In Europe, Pandanus odorifer remains little known, except to a few lovers of essential oils. In a whole part of Asia, however, the plant occupies an eminent and multifaceted place. In India, it has ...