Plant1 Nov 2025The mystery of why leaves change colourAlthough the chemistry of autumn colours is well understood, there is an ongoing debate among scientists about why trees evolved their vivid autumn colours in the first place.1 Nov 202526 Sep 2025The super-rare orchid that flowers undergroundThe world's most mysterious and elusive orchid lives underground in Australia. Scientists are trying to rescue this botanic marvel from going completely extinct.26 Sep 20252 Sep 2025The plastic-filled balls washing up on beachesAs tiny pieces of plastic clog our oceans, natural meadows of seagrass are bundling up microplastics and spitting them back out onto beaches in the form of "Neptune balls".2 Sep 202514 May 2025What chestnuts reveal about the Roman EmpireThe chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the continent's forests.14 May 202517 Apr 2025The unloved pollinators of the underworldNew research is showing just how much plants and crops rely on a host of darkness-dwelling creepy crawlies.17 Apr 202519 Mar 2025Why we may soon need to eat 'resurrection' plantsTo protect crops from rising droughts, scientists are looking to the genes of a small group of plants that can survive months of drought then regreen within hours.19 Mar 202510 Mar 2025How Italy foiled a $1m international cactus heistAfter thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled how they got there.10 Mar 202529 Dec 2024Meet 2024's weirdest new speciesThousands of new species have been discovered by scientists this year – here are some of the weirdest.29 Dec 202418 Sep 2024The weird biology of the enormous 'corpse plant'It stands metres high, takes a decade to flower, smells like death and draws huge crowds when it blooms. But scientists are still unravelling the baffling lifecycle of the titan arum.18 Sep 2024...
