Bonus fact: its binomial name derives from the Greek for 'giant, misshapen phallus'. The most iconic of the carnivorous plants ... The unusually coloured leaves of the taro plant are specifically bred ...

A woman has issued a stark warning about a plant that is often mistaken for a harmless one but can cause severe burns and ...

is in fact a giant leaf, which sprouts little leaflets. During the dormant phase, meanwhile, only the corm remain underground, with the plant living off energy reserves in a "state of rest", says ...

Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) also known as giant cow parsley, hogsbane, or cartwheel-flower, is a plant in the carrot family. People who touch its sap may develop giant hogweed burns ...

Light into Life features monumental outdoor installations across the gardens, replicating the stars of Kew’s plant collection. They were created by London artist Marc Quinn who has had his work ...

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A shuttered nuclear power plant with a checkered past will partially be coming back online after Microsoft obtained a deal to purchase energy from one of the plant’s reactors, according to a ...

Plants help people and animals to live. Plants provide food for people and animals to eat. They also make oxygen. All people and animals need oxygen to breathe. Plants are a very important part of ...

A plant producing a supersized new Australian avocado variety — four times the size of a store-bought fruit — is tipped to be a sell-out, ahead of its first release to retail nurseries and ...

Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...

The giant Pacific octopus grows bigger and lives ... and can blend in with even the most intricately patterned corals, plants, and rocks. They hunt at night, surviving primarily on shrimp, clams ...

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