Thrips are tiny (around 1/20 inch long) slender insects that cause mostly cosmetic damage to leaves, fruit, and flowers.

This Black History Month, we're looking back at 137 years of Black first ascensionists, mountaineers, and Olympians who ...

A recorded message may point petal seeks to Antelope Valley, Carrizo Plain, the deserts, the low foothills, or other ...

This winter introduced "snowcrete" into our vocabulary, but warmer days are on the way. In celebration of spring, around 150,000 tulips are coming to the National Mall on March 15, and visitors can ...

The indigenous Bugkalot people of Nueva Ecija call it "kelli": a plant with white, starburst-like flowers and oval-shaped leaves that are traditionally mashed and mixed with food to treat ailing dogs.

How do plants achieve their remarkably regular arrangement of leaves and flowers? And why does this pattern remain so stable, even as plants grow and respond to their environment? Researchers at ...