Wild ginger (Asarum spp.) is a low-growing plant native to moist, shady environments. This stemless beauty displays dark green, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves with prominent veining. Its unique ...

The life of a plant scientist involves long hours in the lab, thinking up, designing, and monitoring experiments that might tell us something new about how life works. But sometimes it helps to log ...

Tiny strawberries dotting your lawn might seem like a welcome surprise, but if they're not well-controlled, you could end up ...

These 12 plants are among the most dangerous in North America. Here are some expert tips on how to identify and avoid them.

A dense patch of wild ginger used as ground cover under trees in a residential garden. - Gabriela Beres/Shutterstock When it comes to plants you grow to protect your soil and cover your garden beds in ...

You most likely envision a fairly immobile object when you think of plants—possibly rooted in soil, quietly photosynthesizing, and not really doing anything. Isn’t that the story of nature’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Facebook Even with a gentle and innocent name, some invasive plant species can topple the balance of a region's ...

Every day, millions of people harvest wild plants for their health, nutrition and livelihoods, yet many of the species that sustain them are quietly slipping toward extinction. As World Wildlife Day ...

The Norfolk Botanical Garden is installing rare and endangered plants in its new $50 million Garden of Tomorrow project, ...

Scientists have identified a new Indonesian plant whose dense, tongue-like hairs were distinct enough to earn it a name of its own – Homalomena lingua-felis. The discovery widens Sumatra’s ...