Some of the earliest plants attracted pollinators by producing heat that made these plants glow with infrared light, according to a new set of experiments. The work, published in the journal Science, ...

The plant kingdom is utterly fascinating and still has a lot to be discovered. From plants that can attack animals to those that give electric shocks, these botanicals are far from fully understood.

Most plants get their coloration from pigments, but an endangered South African cycad gets its unique silvery-blue hue from wax crystals and an underlying chlorophyll-rich layer, according to a recent ...

Text of ethnobotany module: Joseph P. Cahill. Includes video, music, photographs, drawings. Illustrations from: Cyads of the world / David L Jones, 1992, and: Reservas de la biosfera y otras areas ...

While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by heating up and glowing... Forget flowers: These ancient plants attract ...