Trekking across Malaysia, her adopted country, she found more than 150 unrecorded plant species. “She’s one of the greatest ...

A new study maps the unusual genomes of Asia-Pacific Balanophora species, offering new insights into the evolution of ...

Discover 10 indoor plants that grow rare and beautiful flowers, perfect for adding elegance and charm to your home. These ...

The University of Colorado Boulder has acquired a rare Wollemi pine tree, a tree species that lived alongside dinosaurs and ...

Without any further ado, then, these are the rare houseplants topping Christmas wishlists this year. Each is unusual enough ...

If you’ve been searching for the perfect houseplant to refresh your space this year, you might be surprised by what’s taking ...

Working with South African daisies, Colombian magnolias and Philippine coffee trees, botanists the world over are discovering the secrets to bringing extremely rare and threatened plants back from the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: For more than three decades, scientists have explored ways to leverage certain metal-producing powers of hyperaccumulators, a family of more than 700 ...

Vulcan Elements, a North Carolina startup determined to revitalize U.S. production of rare earth magnets, has chosen Johnston County as the site of its first major factory. The N.C. Department of ...

A "breakthrough" discovery about the fern species Blechnum orientale could help to ease the rare earth element (REE) crisis and pave the way for a “green” extraction process for the metals. While the ...

Europe is trying to get itself on the global rare-earths map, and a new facility on Russia’s border is its opening bid.

Hidden in the wet, shady woods of northwest New Jersey blooms a remarkable and rare plant – Yellow Hammond’s Spring Beauty. Found nowhere else on Earth, it’s just one example of the many plants that ...