Plants are being used to help solve crimes. The pollen and seed s they can leave behind can often become key pieces of evidence. But, how does this all work? While plants aren’t able to testify in ...

Under a strictly controlled environment in the Botany Greenhouse grows a sweet fern — one amongst many of its like. Every now and then it feels a hand or a tweezer poking its stalk, its weeds cleared ...

Researchers at McGill University and the United States Forest Service have found that plants living in areas where human ...

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

Botany & Plants SMART Dictionary is deceptively simple upon opening the app, but soon reveals an extensive dictionary of nearly three thousand terms related to botany and plant sciences. The app ...

Botany scholar and gardener Swapna Ghosh explains how to grow seven powerful medicinal plants at home, with care tips, ...

Vascular bundles in a plant’s leaf, shown above in an image taken through a microscope, contain xylem. This is a network of tissues that helps transport water throughout the interior of the plant.

We’ve learned a lot about plants throughout this series, but there’s much more to discover. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll peek into the future of botany. We’ll consider current plant ...

A Lanonia palm with mottled leaves is among the plant specimens in Lyon Arboretum’s collection. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser ...