Finding your fiddle leaf fig drooping is surprisingly common. These houseplants have a reputation for being botanical divas that need everything 'just right' in order to thrive. Thankfully, drooping ...

particularly Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), are pivotal in enabling botanists to efficiently identify plant species, which is essential for applications in medicine, agriculture, and the food ...

The study identified the homeodomain-like (HD-like) superfamily transcription factors and revealed a potential HD-like gene as a negative factor in regulating leaf size and venation patterns of birch ...

Air plants are unique and popular houseplants. Unlike snake plants or hosta, they don’t require soil to grow—hence the name.

How can dried plant specimens protect a rainforest? In myriad ways. Kept in collections known as herbariums, they store ...

German agricultural chemist Adolf Eduard Mayer made a startling discovery in 1886. He was studying mosaic disease on tobacco ...

The Imperial Crown's infamous odor may have evolved as a way to repel herbivores such as moles, gophers or deer.

Snake plants (Dracaena trifasciata) are resilient plants known for their sturdy leaves and ability to thrive in low light. While these tropical houseplants can handle a lot before they start to ...

Bengal Nagpur Railway's coal mining impact on vegetation in Jharsuguda studied using satellite data, highlighting ...

The study, "Diverse plant RNAs coat Arabidopsis leaves and are distinct from apoplastic RNAs," was published Jan. 3, 2025 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The first authors ...

The Great Swamp Conservancy, 8375 N. Main St., will host a Winter ID Plant Walk with presenter Kevin Bliss at 11 a.m. on ...