In an Australian first, blue gum and pine plantations in lower Southeastern South Australia will now be accountable for the water used to grow trees.

A new study shows that trees are quietly saving our lives from respiratory illness.

As the world human population grows, a new report by researchers at the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment proposes improvements to how we farm.

Researchers have created the first comprehensive library of genetic switches in plants, a tool that will better our understanding of how plants adapt to environmental changes and the development of more robust crop plants.

A new plant on the eastern Mediterranean coast has been described as the maternal ancestor of a species of hybrid origin, Reseda odorata, valued since Roman times for the fragrance of its flowers, and used in the ancient cosmetics industry.

A new genus of ferns gets the honor of being named after Lady Gaga, by music-loving botanists who see a symbolic connection between these plants and the pop star.

Australian scientists have identified a gene that gives resistance to leaf rust in some adult varieties of barley. The gene, known as Rph20 was tracked by conducting field trials in Australia and Uruguay.

Forests in Borneo has been decimated by logging, fire, and conversion to plantations, with as much as 30% overall forest cover lost since 1973, according to a new study.

British scientists have proposed introducing prominent hygiene advice labels on bags after discovering Legionella bacteria in 14 of the 22 brands of compost they tested.

Drilling cores from Switzerland have revealed new fossil pollen grains that push the origin of flowering plants back by 100 million years to the early Triassic period.