A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other ...

University of Queensland researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening ...

It's tradition to plant trees in Israel for Tu B'Shvat. But the nonprofit that largely runs that effort is contributing to ...

New “slow flower” farms grow beautiful blooms—without health-harming chemicals used by overseas operations that dominate the ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

In the dry and windswept plains of the Adré refugee camp in eastern Chad, a grove of young neem trees stands as a testament ...

The polka dot plant (or Hypoestes phyllostachya, if you’re feeling fancy) is having its moment—and for good reason. The ...

Aiming to minimise air pollution, a local non-governmental organisation here has done a yeoman service by planting thousands ...