Meet Cicuta douglasii, better known as Western Water Hemlock. While it’s not particularly scary looking, the United States ...

For years, we’ve admired plants for their ability to cleanse the air and help fight air pollution. However, our green ally ...

Algal blooms are ugly, stinky, and rapidly diminish any enthusiasm to go into the water – or even to stay on the beach. But that is not all: marine biologists warn that these blooms may contain a ...

The elder tree is a little spooky. The fairy folk are associated with it, like the hawthorn, in general the overall gist of it is protection. In “A Modern Herbal” by Mrs. M. Grieve, she has devoted 11 ...

"Wally" an Amorphophallus titanium, or "corpse flower," is starting to bloom at the Indiana University Bloomington Biology ...

Authorities are ramping up quality control efforts to boost durian exports to China, the world's largest consumer of the ...

Your backyard may be a place of peace, play, and plant life—but some of that greenery could be more dangerous than it looks.

America is considering helping Iran access USD 30 billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear programme, in a ...

There's no better way to keep summer bug bites from ruining an otherwise enjoyable outdoor affair.

Some flower species, like the stinking corpse lily in Indonesia, exude a smell like rotting flesh to attract pollen-carrying ...

Instead of just searching social media and getting FOMO, do some deeper research on hiking trails and nature experiences ...

In the heart of Milwaukee stands a brick behemoth that houses more memories per square foot than your grandmother’s attic, your eccentric uncle’s garage, and that weird storage unit your parents won’t ...