THERE is nothing like the sight of snowdrops pushing through the wintry ground to remind us that spring is on its way.

Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...

The black-bulb yam excels at mimicry, producing small clones of itself that look like the dark, shiny berries of seed-growing ...

A rare yam species, Dioscorea melanophyma, spreads its clones by fooling birds with fake berries, helping it survive without seeds.

Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant's novel strategy helps it spread without ...

Amaryllis are one of the best plants for the winter season. Their colorful blooms bring beauty inside the home when we need it the most. But nothing is more frustrating when you've planted your ...

It's always the simple things in life that seem to be the most effective. In this video I demonstrate how we can use cardboard in our gardens to help our newly planted shrubs and plants to grow better ...

Before scientists even knew how many Florida scrub millipedes were left in the wild, a quiet breakthrough happened in a ...

A novel UF study found the thrips had another trick up its sleeve. Females can reproduce without a male, giving birth to an entire population alone.

North Carolina’s farmhouse kitchens are having a moment, and they’re totally crushing it. Picture this: reclaimed wood, ...

The work, published in the journal Plant Physiology, describes a new system called “Stomata In-Sight.” The technology addresses a persistent challenge in plant science by making it possible to track ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...