Researchers in China have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by "touching" ...

a Regina-based seed company that now names all of its new plant varieties after veterans. (Submitted by Reg Harrison) At 102 years old, there's not much that surprises Reg Harrison. He survived ...

Right now, people are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that ...

When it blooms, this stinky flower releases chemicals that smell like rotting flesh to attact pollinators, such as carrion ...

Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

A state-of-the-art scanner finally answered the century-old question about the flower, adding a new layer of meaning to it.

I f you're looking for a low-maintenance plant that won't demand too much of your time and attention, it’s time to add a corn ...

Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...

Plant biotechnology can be defined as the introduction of desirable traits into plants through genetic modification. Genomic and pangenomic data are yielding insights into the evolution of plant ...

The Northern Territory (NT) has more than 4,300 species of native plants, including 702 species found only in the NT. Many of these are endangered or vulnerable. The number of native plants known from ...