Before I retired, I taught science to fourth graders in Midland’s gifted and talented program. As a scientist myself, I ...

As humans, we need water, food and sleep. OK — more than that. We also need a good immune system, among other things. But thanks to plants and the sun, we as humans can eat, breathe and live.

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 ...

Juniper was effective against witches, while foxglove was feared as the witches’ plant. In the past, plants were believed to ...

The grow light industry is, well, growing like a weed. From Arctic greenhouses and urban gardens to legalized marijuana farms, the lights we use for growing plants indoors have sprouted into a ...

Jürgen Knauer does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Until now, the method plants use to make this developmental shift was a mystery to scientists. "This is the first time we have seen such a direct link between nutrient status, protein movement inside ...

How do scientists categorize plants from one another and where they come from? Humans make stuff up—including the names and classifications of living things. But those categories are still useful. In ...