Across the globe, certain flowers exhibit the rare phenomenon of blooming only once in their lifetime or infrequently. These extraordinary blooms, including the corpse flower and the jade vine, ...

The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.

Scientists at the University of Helsinki discovered how plants heal their protective outer layer, the periderm. The diffusion ...

Tools to address PFAS pollution are limited. Here's what researchers are learning about how these chemicals travel through ...