This tree diagram shows the relationships between several groups of organisms.

Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu viruses.

are the sustainable gardening choice of , and throughout North America. Whether you are in the city, suburbs or country, Heirloom Organics Seed Packs are designed with your specific space, light and nutritional needs in mind. ...

There are 250,000 known plant species in the world, but only 20 of them provide 90% of our food.

The Harvard Gazette

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PlantCare.com features the largest, most accurate plant database and encyclopedia containing plant identification information on over 2,200 species of indoor and outdoor plants. This plant guide has been exhaustively researched and updated to assist ...

The sun is shining, birds are singing and it's time for your garden to come back from the winter weather. Your garden needs some help getting back in shape, though, so it's time to get the supplies from the home improvement store, pull out the tools ...

SumatraFlora - On-Line Nursery. This site is no longer available, but at the time he provided a number of photographs of interesting plants from Sumatra, including .  The nine photos below were taken in the Palupu Reserve near Bukittinggi, Indonesia...

Not surprisingly, the only “backyard” in which McNeal is growing this imported species is a quarantined greenhouse. Every time he leaves it, he must thoroughly check himself to catch any seeds trying to escape to the rolling hills of Pennsylvania.

This strange and beautiful Paphiopedilum lowii "lady's slipper" orchid truly seems to dance as it opens a new flower. Once it has finished dancing, doesn't it seem to sing? Exposures were taken at 1.5 minute intervals over about 69 hours (Mar 23 - 26...

What can I do with a major in Botany?

Mother Nature Network

Uncover the hidden charm of a cast-off piece with just a bit of creative thinking and elbow grease.

You don't need a green thumb to re-bloom them. Just follow a few simple guidelines.

Thanks for showing the meticulous steps in creating something so rich! The reward is well worth the time and care. Hmmm...ideas!

Chocolate has been described as being more than a food, less than a drug. This description points to the singular position this wildly popular confection plays in our lives. Popular to the tune of $74 billion annually, chocolate begins as a tiny blos...

We spend a lot of time here at Cracked pointing out horrors of nature that slither on the land and lurch through the sea. But staying under the radar in nature's landscape of nightmares is the twisted carnival of things that grow out of the ground.

It sends out a smell of rotting flesh to attract pollinating beetles.

Vermicompost is mixed with shredded coconut hulls or vermiculite for a soil media. This mix provides balanced nutrients and air, and wicks up moisture from the flow of water pumped up from the fish pond below.

Here are surprisingly common herbs, flowers, berries and plants that are anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, repel insects, antiseptic, expectorant, antibacterial, and pain relieving.

Telipogon caulescens. A species orchid,Part of a gallery of color pictures of Studio images by professional photographer QT Luong, available as prints or for licensing.

Image of bonsai maple Japan.

Singapore's aspiration to become the world's garden city notwithstanding, most metropolises are the antithesis of green. If we're going to become more energy efficient, cities must become denser still, which means even more concrete and fewer plants....

In Los Angeles, one woman lives in a miniature botanical garden of her own creation, with fruit trees and a turtle named Ting.