Over the past year, scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the U.K., officially named 125 plants and 65 fungi. The ...

According to Kew’s “State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023” report, three out of four undescribed plants are threatened ...

Carnivorous plants look like botanical oddities, but their behavior is not a gimmick. It is a precise evolutionary solution ...

Genlisea, or the “corkscrew” carnivorous plant, doesn’t wait above ground to hunt. Here’s how it traps tiny prey right ...

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine scientists have confirmed the discovery of a previously unknown species of carnivorous tropical pitcher plant found only on the limestone cliffs of Palawan, a rare ...

False asphodel, a flower that grows in the high-altitude wetlands of western North America, gets much of its nutrients from eating insects. Western false asphodel has pretty white flowers and hairs on ...

Scientists named 190 new plants and fungi in 2025, many already threatened. New DNA tools are speeding discovery as habitat ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new to science in 2025. From "camouflaged" plants to ...

Herbivores are typically associated with plant-based diets, but some species occasionally consume meat. This video explores four plant-eating animals that break dietary expectations under certain ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I have just stood in what is widely considered to be the most biodiverse place on earth. It is not up the ...

Anti-Israel activists rally in Queens, calling for "intifada" in protest of an Israeli real estate event at a local yeshiva, accusing the Israeli company of "ethnic cleansing" and land theft. Anti ...

Project Description: Decolonisation, the process by which colonies gained independence in the mid-twentieth century, was a global process which led to self-governance, but did not stop European ...