I turned to a couple of books from two of my favorite herbalists, Christa Sinadinos and Dr. Sharol Marie Tilgner, to learn more about this plant. Wild yam is a beautiful vining perennial native to ...

Islands are outposts for botanical marvels. These water-bound outcroppings often are home to some of the world's rarest plants, especially if they're far removed from other landmasses. Hawaii is the ...

Ph.D. student Zarluis Mijango Ramos reveals some of the bizarre and specialized adaptations plants have developed to allow them to grow in most environments around the globe. Plants are fascinating ...

Rosie is a freelance writer living in London. She has covered everything from ancient Egyptian temples to exciting medical breakthroughs, but she particularly enjoys writing about wildlife, ...

At the summit of Mount Whitney, 14,505 feet, there’s a big sphere of purple-blue flowers with an intense, musky smell. It’s found nowhere else on earth. Nobody can drive to see it. It requires time ...

At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of Okinawa, grows what most might mistake for a mushroom—but it is actually a very ...

Working with South African daisies, Colombian magnolias and Philippine coffee trees, botanists the world over are discovering the secrets to bringing extremely rare and threatened plants back from the ...