Researchers from ETH Zurich are studying how alpine vegetation is responding to a warming climate—and how some plant communities are continuing to stand firm against newcomers from lower elevations. A ...

A rare Himalayan flower, Cyananthus hookeri, has been rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh after 158 years, prompting scientists to recommend its endangered status in India.

Niwot Ridge is a place of grandeur. The mountains are tall and steep. The sky is bright and open. In this land, most people instinctively look up and out. A research group from the University of ...

Alpine plants that survived the Ice Ages in different locations still show accrued differences in appearance and features. These findings were made by botanists from the University of Basel using two ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This coronation weekend I should be enjoying my best spring garden ever. So I thought last November, when I ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I grow plants from anywhere, but garden somewhere. The heart of my somewhere is a pair of raised, slightly ...