Cycad cones aren’t always hot. Instead, they follow daily cycles of heating and cooling: Pollen-laden male cones produce a big burst of heat in the late afternoon, and then ovulating female cones warm ...

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Foraging edible plants is a rewarding way to connect with nature and enhance your culinary repertoire. Many wild plants offer unique flavors, nutrients, and textures that can't be found in your ...

An undergraduate field seminar at Brown teaches aspiring biologists and backyard botanists alike how to identify the flora of the Ocean State and engage with the natural environment.

Up-close footage of a grazing elk revealed something sinister, as a closer look showed a hunter hiding in the background: a ...

Tea plant is one of the most important beverage crops in the world, cultivated in over 60 countries and regions worldwide, with over 2 billion people drinking tea globally. In high-quality tea ...

Only a small fraction of all plants are edible. Some of those that aren’t can do serious damage to a human’s health. Here are ten plants to stay away from, and never ingest. The American landscape may ...

Hawaiʻi has more endangered plants than all other U.S. states combined. A total of 18 native species are so rare that only a single plant remains in the wild. Botanists with the Plant Extinction ...

"You can do sautéed milkweed buds," explained Heather Wood Buzzard. "I wanna say it's cheesy. It's creamy." "It's so rich in vitamin C," said Mimi Prunella Hernandez, as she held a handful of rose hip ...

In 2012, Sri Lanka’s National Red List pronounced the towering Doona ovalifolia tree “extinct in the wild.” Known locally as pini-beraliya, the species lingered only as a single cultivated specimen in ...

When heading into the field to bag a buck or snag some salmon, don't forget there's further bounty to be harvested. Forests, grasslands, wetlands, rivers and lakes are brimming with edible wild plants ...

Cancer remains one of the most serious health threats across the globe. In Nigeria, it grows more urgent each year. Cases of breast, cervical, liver, and prostate cancer continue to rise, and so do ...