New findings are pushing researchers to explore coffee’s potential influence on an enzyme central to how the body converts carbohydrates into blood sugar.

Today’s episode of “Matt About Town” explores the Smithsonian Gardens Botany Research Greenhouse, filled with rare plants ...

A new species of succulent with mutant flowers, hidden for decades and key to the island's biodiversity, has been discovered ...

THERE are not wanting signs that the study of botany is steadily increasing in this country. An immense number of text-books or manuals have been published in English during the last thirty years on ...

Upcoming events at Berkshire Botanical Garden STOCKBRIDGE – Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming program: Friday, Feb. 13 through March 6, “Tree Care for Gardeners.” This course, ...

Without systematic documentation, traditional plants’ uses could be lost or excluded from mainstream medical discourse.

Scientists are investigating the reasons some plants still wear last season’s tattered clothes.

A new study analyzed pollen from 57 North American plant species, identifying those most nutritionally beneficial for bees, which could inform conservation efforts and wildflower restoration projects.

In most forests, a visitor’s eye is trained on what can be reached. The trunk can be measured. The leaves can be plucked. A specimen can be pressed, labeled, and filed away. Yet the largest share of ...

The untold story behind Mike and Heather Trask's fossil discovery and 'the incredible importance of curiosity.' ...

Scientists from UCT’s Department of Biological Sciences have been involved in an international research project which shows a parasitic sea snail that represents an entirely new genus.

George Washington Carver is famous for peanuts—but his real legacy goes far beyond them. Discover 7 surprising insights into ...