There’s a place in Washington where the clock seems to tick a little slower, where the sunshine breaks through more often than not, and where life unfolds at a pace that might just save your sanity – ...

There's an old saying that everything in Australia wants to eat you – and this apparently includes plants, with the island a ...

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a crop of imported palms is flowering for the first and only time after being planted by renowned ...

A golden cascade of Talipot tree blossoms has captivated Rio de Janeiro as spring draws to a close, marking the first and ...

Two researchers stumbled upon a rare plant in the Indonesian jungle. The discovery was so emotional for one of them that he couldn't hold back his tears. University of Oklahoma professor’s ICE ...

A "breakthrough" discovery about the fern species Blechnum orientale could help to ease the rare earth element (REE) crisis and pave the way for a “green” extraction process for the metals. While the ...

Europe is trying to get itself on the global rare-earths map, and a new facility on Russia’s border is its opening bid.

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: For more than three decades, scientists have explored ways to leverage certain metal-producing powers of hyperaccumulators, a family of more than 700 ...

Working with South African daisies, Colombian magnolias and Philippine coffee trees, botanists the world over are discovering the secrets to bringing extremely rare and threatened plants back from the ...

Question: Many bougainvilleas are in full bloom in our neighborhood, but ours is good and green and only has a few flowers scattered among the plant. How do we obtain more blooms? Answer: Maybe too ...