Houseplants have exploded from being mere green accessories to full-blown lifestyle companions. This year, gardeners everywhere are swapping traditional ferns and succulents for quirky, unexpected ...

Your backyard might be a lot more adventurous than you ever imagined. While most people settle for roses, tulips, and the occasional tomato plant, the plant kingdom is full of wild, quirky survivors ...

Discover 24 of the most rare and unusual succulents that look almost too strange to be real. In this video, we explore a stunning collection of unique succulent plants including rare cactus varieties, ...

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first glance. Its knobby flower stalks look more like a mushroom than a flowering ...

Scientists have discovered two species of carnivorous plants, previously unknown to science, that use slime to catch their prey. Botanists spotted the new species high in the Andes mountains of ...

A team of researchers made a groundbreaking discovery that could "turbocharge crop yields," according to the Boyce Thompson Institute. The findings pertained to the unique traits of small land plants ...

What is a Venus fly trap? The Venus fly trap is a carnivorous plant that is native to North and South Carolina. The plant gets its name from its ability to trap and eat flies and other small insects.

The relationships that have evolved between plants and animals over many millennia of time spent coexisting are often as interesting as they are vast and varied. From the production of nectar and ...