Paper made from local, native plants — here bromegrass, little bluestem, and iris leaves — is different from paper you'd usually encounter, and it's the result of a fun and creative process. Connect ...

While it’s easier than ever to buy live plants online, sometimes, despite our best intentions, those live plants become, well, dead plants. Artificial plants — fake plants, silk plants, faux foliage, ...

In the 1960s and '70s, a series of questionable experiments claimed to prove that plants could behave like humans, that they had feelings, responded to music and could even take a polygraph test.

On a freezing day in December 2021, I arrived in Madison, Wisconsin, to visit Simon Gilroy’s lab. In one room of the lab sat a flat of young tobacco and Arabidopsis plants, each imbued with ...

Kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens and kohlrabi have unique nutritional values, and we think of them as distinct vegetables. Yet, they all share the same species ...

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss aren’t ready to stop singing together just yet. “We’ve been doing this on and off since 2007,” says Krauss, “and it’s just gotten better every time we’ve gotten together ...

Forget five a day, scientists have said getting 30 portions of fruit and vegetables a week is even better for your health – and that eating a large variety of plants is just as key. And before you ...

Turns out, a bit of a green thumb can help fight the blues. For teachers looking to improve their classroom environment and boost their students’ wellbeing—and even their own—there is a simple yet ...

It’s not the same as going vegan, but it can also have a strong impact on reducing your carbon footprint. By Melissa Clark Melissa Clark is a food reporter and cooking columnist who has been reporting ...

For people with hay fever, grass pollen is the most common trigger for symptoms. However, people with pollen allergies can also be allergic to weed, tree, or flower pollen. Within these groups, some ...

Every morning, I spring out of bed, eager to check on my housemates: Alvin the monstera albo, Allison the other albo, Dominic the philodendron domesticum variegated, and Connie the Thai constellation ...