Plants

M job is to seamlessly weave plants into a space in a way that works with the design of their home, the light they have and their budget.

People across the U.S. have been receiving unsolicited mystery seeds from China in what the USDA believes is a so-called "brushing" scam.

At least 14 seed species have been identified in mysterious packages sent unsolicited to people in the U.S. from China, but officials are continuing to warn those who receive the seeds to not plant them.

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Though the COVID-19 pandemic shifted everybody's lifestyle, this doesn't mean you can't make your space inviting, nature-inspired, and, most of all, aromatic.

The researchers argue that green seaweeds like these are the descendants of all land plants that exist today.

The findings demonstrate that Australia's earliest known human population consumed a range of plant foods, including those that required processing.

Studies indicate that the Judean date palm was first cultivated around 7,000 years ago.

New data shows that plant cover has extended further up the Himalayas, a change that is likely to impact the millions of people who live downstream.

Previous research has shown that plants respond to stress by producing several visual, chemical and tactile clues.

Invasive species are now a "huge" issue in national parks and the problem is "far, far worse now" than it was twenty years ago, researchers say.

Scientists carried out the study after seeing exaggerated claims about the purifying powers of plants online.

Plant-based diets are on the rise across the United States, with millennials as the driving force behind the upward trend, experts say.

"Our review highlighted a cause for concern with high consumption of dairy products," said the co-author of the study.

The latest results could have significant implications for our understanding of how the planet will adapt to climate change.

Plant extinctions endanger other organisms, ecosystems and the ability of humans to survive on our planet.

Researchers have worked out how the plant is able to absorb high quantities of the substance without dying.

"This study further confirms what we have long feared. Climate change impacts like drought are already eroding the natural sinks for carbon around the world," commented one expert.

Found across the globe, sand flies are blood-sucking insects that can spread dangerous diseases much like mosquitoes.

Study does not advise introducing alien species, but findings will help in planning conservation strategies for the future.

What happens to plants in this region could have important consequences for the rest of the planet.

"For the last 30 to 40 years we have just chosen at the public level not to adequately maintain our infrastructure."

"Oh my gosh. What is happening?"

The world of flora has long been a source of cancer-fighting therapies. The drug paclitaxel, for example, originally came from the Pacific yew tree.

A local hunter said the cost was "ridiculous" and that he would have done it for free.

"Giant hogweed makes poison ivy look like a walk in the park," officials warned.

Scientists hope their work highlights the disproportionately dominant role humans play on Earth.

It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, even for plants.

Cataloguing the genetic data of 1.5 million known species will take 10 years, cost approximately $4.7 billion and require the cooperation of scientists, governments and students from around the world.

Earth Day 2018 is focused on a multi-year campaign to end plastic pollution.