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Scientists have created a new way to watch plants breathe—live and in high definition—while tracking exactly how much carbon ...

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The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas is leading an effort to turn plants into better medicines. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge explains what we already know about herbal remedies — and what ...

Science is the force that makes Longwood's gardens flourish. A new scientific plan will launch along with events for the ...

In the weird world of chlorophyll-free “fairy lantern” plants, there’s a new species to admire. By plant standards, Thismia are truly odd. Lacking chlorophyll, they eschew photosynthesis, instead ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 ...

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Want to grow your own vegetables? Students at Hawthorn Academy in South Jordan are doing just that, minus the soil. "I want to grow a farm or a garden," Grace Egege, a ...

With no sightings for half a century and a landscape heavily impacted by cattle grazing, botanists feared the worst. The ...