An analysis of the En Tibi herbarium’s plants and handwriting has given clues to the identity of its maker.

Human activities may be affecting both narrow-ranged plants and widespread ones.

Leonard Dyck is remembered for sharing his passion for plants with students at the University of British Columbia.

Aphids induce their host plants to produce tiny hairs that help keep the surfaces water-repellent.

A 99-million-year-old beetle preserved in amber alongside grains of pollen likely pollinated prehistoric plants.

Although more evidence is needed to pin down a cause, researchers suspect that climate change is to blame.

Blast off into orbit, where researchers on the International Space Station are growing plants in systems that may one day sustain astronauts travelling far across the solar system and beyond.

Austrian-American botanist Joseph Rock collected thousands of plant samples in his 27 years in the Middle Kingdom, leaving after the Communist Party’s takeover.

A new species of ant discovered in Borneo fends off invaders with a uniquely suicidal strategy.