Lipstick vines in Taiwan look different from their red-flowered relatives. When scientists dug into the family tree, they uncovered an evolutionary mystery.

Lipstick vines get their name from their bright red, tube-shaped flowers. But one member of this group of plants has lost its ...

The rare flower is found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. LONDON -- Rafflesia, the flower species which contains some of the world’s largest flowers, is at risk of extinction, scientists have ...

Hawaii is home to some of the most rare and stunning plants in the world. They may be uncommon and wild, but there are ...

A member of the aster and sunflower family found in Isle Royale National Park is one of the world's newest-described flower species. Small with delicate yellow blades, Packera insulae-regalis -- Latin ...

Sometimes newfound flower species are lurking where scientists least expect to see them — in parks, gardens and even in planters on balconies. That's where researchers in Japan recently identified a ...

Grist reports solar farms, like the Gemini project, can enhance biodiversity, supporting rare plants like the threecorner ...

Pucha and his family have spent years recreating their own piece of jungle with rescued species on a 32-hectare farm called ...

The rise in plant-collecting has led to an increase in stolen-plant trafficking, which can threaten endangered species.

Birch and poplars produce scaly, pendulous catkins, which are their flowers. Wish that we had honeysuckle as these too can be ...

More than 2,500 plant species have the potential to invade the Arctic at the expense of the species that belong there. Norway is one of the areas that is particularly at risk.