Katie Field receives funding from the ERC, the NERC, and the Leverhulme Trust. Silvia Pressel receives funding from the ERC, NERC, Newton Fund. When people consider extraordinary plants, most probably ...

In South Africa there’s a little-known ecosystem, containing more plant species than the entire Amazon, plants that are found ...

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’s “State of the World’s Plants and Fungi” report assesses our current knowledge of plants and fungal diversity, the threats they face and how to protect them. The report ...

Today, ants are pretty much everywhere. To learn more about how these insects conquered the world, scientists used a combination of fossils, DNA, and data on the habitat preferences of modern species ...

Venom isn’t just a feature of some animals; it’s found across the living world, from plants and fungi to bacteria and viruses, says a new study. Lead author William Hayes, an ecologist at Loma Linda ...

According to scientists, 80 percent of the Earth’s living species are unknown to humans. Even as more are identified, more are disappearing — and sometimes, we don’t know what’s being lost until it’s ...

Structural studies of the robust material called sporopollenin reveal how it made plants hardy enough to reproduce on dry land. When Fu-Shuang Li, a biochemist and research scientist at the Whitehead ...

Carly Stevens receives funding for her work on limestone pavements from the Natural Environment Research Council. This research was funded by The Botanical Research Fund, The Wildflower Society and a ...

While you may assume they're boring, plants actually lead fascinating lives, and completely define the world we live in today! Join Olivia Gordon for a SciShow collection of episodes about amazing ...

Every species, from the apex predator down to the smallest plant and fungi, plays a specific role in the ecosystem that they are native to. However, when a non-native species is introduced to an ...

Venom isn’t just a feature of some animals; it’s found across the living world, from plants and fungi to bacteria and viruses, says a new study. Lead author William Hayes, an ecologist at Loma Linda ...