With the lightest touch, this plant bursts open, flinging its seeds through the air. Here’s how it evolved this biological ...

By snatching chloroplasts from algae, animals called sacoglossans produce their own energy through photosynthesis ...

Researchers at the University of New Mexico have discovered that a common, prehistoric plant distills water to such an ...

This Yale Climate Connection bookshelf for Women’s History Month begins and ends, appropriately, with history. “Economica” explores the history of women’s wealth and power, an examination then updated ...

You do not expect to find something like this tucked behind a line of trees. Then it appears, and everything slows down. A ...

Characteristic features of plants, such as their active ingredients or flower color, may have developed through very ...

Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming program: Thursdays, March 26 to April 30, “Landscape Design II.” ...

Nadkarni reveals how tiny “windows” in the bark of trees help them respire. What’s the first thing you do when you get into ...

Scientists have proven that a wildflower steeped in folklore for its medicinal powers has genuine healing qualities—and the ...

A 31-year-old man was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in a brazen daylight attack in Sector 9 here on Wednesday, ...

Before her career as a novelist, Toni Morrison was a teacher. The famed American author, best known for works such as Beloved ...