Dracaena plants are popular houseplants because they offer a tropical appearance with low-maintenance care requirements, and ...

Humans make stuff up—including the names and classifications of living things. But those categories are still useful. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how taxonomy and systematics ...

Ever walk into a garden center and spot something new you just have to take home? This year, plant selections are getting a ...

Committing to a plant-based diet sounds difficult, but it’s less extreme and even more beneficial than you might think. Not only does it lighten the load at the grocery store (as plant-based proteins ...

Bonsai is an art form that has been practiced for thousands of years. “The unique aspect is that bonsai is alive and constantly changing, not like a sculpture or painting, which remains static,” says ...

While we’re all anticipating spring, it’s still only February. Outside, we can see our plants resting over winter, but just because they are dormant doesn’t mean they haven’t been doing anything all ...

Now is the time to identify the conditions that cause plants to die. Doing so will allow us to better protect plants by choosing conservation targets more strategically, botanists argue. Now is the ...

A study of fossil sites in Australia has revealed "exquisitely preserved" plants that lived millions of years ago. The material in which the fossils described in the study occur is called silcrete.