Botany

Toxicologist Liz Dauncey invites you to admire the marvels of plants (carefully).

This tiny, fuzzy sunflower relative has been hiding in plain sight—it represents the first new genus identified in a U.S. national park in nearly 50 years.

The Cardamom Expanded Universe is bigger than you think.

Researchers found these dusty clumps of green and brown may be hiding how they get it on.

Fitted PJs, new glasses, and a good drilling will keep this Victorian icon hot.

What's in a name?

These tropical "warm spices," which flavor many Christmas cookies and other holiday favorites, are mainstays of traditional medicine.

These moss balls move in unison, and researchers are okay with not knowing why.

The butterfly defends itself using milkweed, just one of several plants packed with heart-stopping toxins that may also be in your medicine cabinet.

Some 70 percent of specimens are located in developed countries with colonial histories. A new project seeks to make them more accessible.

Botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter braved rapids and steep cliffs to catalog numerous plant species.

Dedicated scientists are going to extremes to save this rare plant from extinction.

From bloodthirsty orchids to body-snatching pods, fictional flora are often symbols of societal fears.

Some of Borneo's pitcher plants took insects off the menu in favor of mammal droppings. It's an evolutionary triumph.