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.

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

Each botanical illustration of a species is paired with a diagram, all different and depicting the properties she perceived ...