To the untrained eye, the restored prairie lands of Illinois look exactly how you would imagine they looked hundreds of years ago. But many plant species are still missing, and recent efforts — ...
Passiflora incarnata, Nymphaea odorata, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Asclepius incarnata! Sounds like spells from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, doesn’t it? While these words could come ...
Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate change ...
Say hello to the wooly devil. The type of sunflower is a new plant species, identified in Big Bend National Park in Texas. Ovicula biradiata, as it is formally known, is especially notable for being ...
Botanical Classification of Fruits: Usually, we identify fruits based on their taste, color, and shape, but scientists ...
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has signed two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the Scientific ...
Walking through the boundless landscape of red rocks and limestone cliffs in Texas' Big Bend National Park last March, a volunteer and a park ranger came across a plant they didn't recognize. It was ...