Tooth enamel, the hardest substance in the human body, may be at risk of gradual and permanent wear from chewing vegetables.

"Today’s column introduces guidelines for year-round gardening for herbaceous perennial plants that are native to a ...

New methods help scientists easily measure the surface area of underwater plants. This is crucial because these plants host ...

Commensalism is a biological relationship where one organism benefits without harming the other. Explore its types, real-life examples, and ecological importance across animals, plants, and ...

Twelve years ago, the Asian spotted lanternfly was first seen outside Philadelphia. Experts believe it made its way here on shipping containers.

The best screened porch plants thrive in a shady setting. We've pulled together a list of easy foliage and flowers for ...

Plants and trees send their roots into the ground to soak up water and nutrients from the soil. Until now, scientists ...

A stream begins long before your property line and flows far beyond it.” ...

The European Space Agency’s satellite will measure trunks, branches and stems in forests to shed light on how much carbon is ...

Once a towering presence in northeastern forests, the American Chestnut is making a quiet comeback in Brooklyn.

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about caring for nun’s orchids, crape myrtles, sago, Mysore raspberry, mango trees, pineapple plants and controlling beggarweed ...

Most of our houseplants are actually forest-floor species or epiphytes (these grow and live on the trunks of other trees). Either way, those two groups of plants grow in the understory shade of a ...