Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

You may enjoy seeing lively little chipmunks scamper around your garden. But when they’re digging in your flower pots, eating ...

Onions have been grown and bred for thousands of years, leading to the great diversity of plants available today, from sweet ...

From funky smells to crafty colors, orchids have some weird ways of attracting pollinators ...

Learn how fleas and ticks get indoors, how fast infestations explode, and the simple steps that shut them down before they ...

A groundbreaking study by Chinese scientists may turn this vision into reality, offering significant potential to reduce agricultural costs and promote sustainable development. A research team from ...

Imagine that plants could tell us exactly when they're stressed, infected, or being eaten by insects, by lighting up. A new ...

T he blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. A pale spike resembling ...

Plants changed the atmosphere, built soil and created ecosystems that allowed animals like us to thrive. But first they had ...

A study from Kobe University has uncovered a surprising partnership between Japanese red elder plants and Heterhelus beetles. The beetles pollinate the flowers but also lay eggs inside the developing ...

For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter of survival – and new research shows how flowers do it is more intriguing ...

If your yard was damaged by the freezing temperatures, don't panic. Some plants may look worse before they get better. Scratch the bark of a plant lightly with a fingernail or a coin. If the revealed ...