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botany

Bitter sweet nectar: Why some flowers poison bees

Life

Bitter sweet nectar: Why some flowers poison bees

Plants provide pollinators with nectar as a reward for their services, so why lace it with mind-bending toxins? Their motivations are surprisingly devious

Features

Werewolf plant waits for the light of the full moon

Life

Werewolf plant waits for the light of the full moon

News

Conifer seed fossils caught learning helicopter flight

Life

Conifer seed fossils caught learning helicopter flight

News

Root intelligence: Plants can think, feel and learn

Life

Root intelligence: Plants can think, feel and learn

Features

The wonders of orchids: Beautiful, smelly and sexy

Life

The wonders of orchids: Beautiful, smelly and sexy

CultureLab

Dawn of farming sparked speed-evolution in weeds

Earth

Dawn of farming sparked speed-evolution in weeds

News

A paean to plants: The story of botany at Kew gardens

Life

A paean to plants: The story of botany at Kew gardens

CultureLab

Tumbling weeds: The rolling invasion of the US

Earth

Tumbling weeds: The rolling invasion of the US

Regulars

Metal-eating plants could mine riches through roots

Earth

Metal-eating plants could mine riches through roots

Features

Mexican plants could break code on gibberish manuscript

Life

Mexican plants could break code on gibberish manuscript

Pictures in the undecipherable Voynich manuscript look like 16th-century Mexican plants and could be key to translating it, but some still say it's a hoax

News

Life

English guidebook opens China's floral treasure chest

News

Earth

Extreme rhubarb: The plant that grows a greenhouse

Features

Earth

The great greening: The coming of our new lush Earth

Features

Life

Delicate nano-flowers coaxed from simple seeds

Regulars

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