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Deadly plant disease: Greed. It’s a houseplant bubble that has seen the growth of those most human of off-shoots: plant speculation, plant...
Researchers at Chicago's Field Museum have now confirmed the first sighting of Gasteranthus extinctus in four decades. Lost South American...
Researchers found that when the bees were bred to identify and remove the Varroa mites – which can feed and live on adults but mostly target...
Mathematical analysis of the electrical signals fungi seemingly send to one another has identified patterns that bear a striking structural...
As of today, slug pellets can no longer be used or sold in the UK Slugs and snails will no longer be classed as pests by the Royal Horticultural...
Seems as though the UK is a burgeoning hotbed of orchid species! Good news indeed. (See previous threads: 'Rare orchid' June 15 2021; 'Lizard...
Thorogood, 38, last month became the first westerner to see the Rafflesia banaoana – an otherworldly-looking red spotted species that spans half a...
A huge begonia plant standing at almost 12 feet tall with a stem comparable to a human arm has been discovered in Tibet. To date, this plant...
In honor of E.O. Wilson---naturalist, entomologist, writer, Pulitzer Prize winner, Harvard professor emeritus---who has passed away age 92....
History, and how-to. A cheering prospect in this chill winter! The act of tending a terrarium can entrain mindfulness, he says, and provides a...
If we want to tackle the climate crisis, we need to address a global blindspot: the vast underground fungal networks that sequester carbon and...
The fast-growing global community, called Poisons Help: Emergency Identification for Mushrooms & Plants, assists people with identifying fungi and...
A pine cone encased in amber for 40 million years is the first evidence of a rare botanical condition that has only been observed one other time...
Fungi are responsible for almost all our food production, and most of our processed materials. They are also to be thanked for many of the...
[ATTACH] Photo taken today. Suspect that tall plant in yard, one in foreground, and one near house are siblings. Temps here (until a week ago)...
It is understood to have been transported nearly 4,000 miles from Bermuda to Germany before being shipped to the Port of Leith in 1810. What an...
[ATTACH] Pleased to share this photo of my gorgeous Lord Baltimore hibiscus ! I am cheered by this giant-sized beauty and hope you will be, too....
A rare fungus that smells like rotting flesh has been spotted by a couple in their Berkshire garden, marking only the sixth time it has ever been...
Impressive labella! A rare orchid believed to be extinct has been spotted flowering again for the first time in 100 years. It was first spotted...
'Botanical sexism' is a term coined by horticultural expert Thomas Leo Ogren. Ogren coined the term botanical sexism to describe a trend seen...