A new analysis published in the journal Annals of Botany reveals that the 47-million-year-old fossil leaves belong to a unique plant with unusual flowers and fruits. Initially, researchers were ...

Are you bored of seeing hundreds of snake plants on your Instagram feed? These unusual, eye-catching house plants offer something new. As much as we love a good monstera deliciosa or snake plant ...

Researchers have found nearly every plant part they need to trace the prehistoric history of a 47 million-year-old "alien ...

Don’t be fooled by its rather unusual common name, Bear’s Breeches (Acanthus mollis) is a real showstopper plant for shady flower beds, and a personal favorite of horticultural expert Leslie ...

Strange, extinct plant once thought to be related to modern ginseng is now considered the lone representative of an unknown family (Florida Museum of Natural History/Jeff Gage) But the latest ...

In most plants, once the flower is fertilised, the stamens detach along with the petals and the rest of the flower parts. “And this thing seems unusual in that it’s retaining the stamens at ...

But what makes one plant more likely to survive than another? We’ve uncovered some strange and surprising facts about some of our hardiest plants. Scientists in Germany think they’ve ...