Even if your cat ingests a small amount, it can trigger symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, and lethargy.  Read more: How To ...

As the holiday season comes upon us you may want to decorate your home with some lovely colorful flowering plants. Besides poinsettias, there are holiday cacti that have flowers that may be white, ...

The plant was last seen in 1965 on Santa Cruz Island — one of the few places it's known to have existed in California.

A research team has developed a framework to study phenotypic plasticity, linking crop traits, genetics, and weather. The ...

Shaik’s identification method, known as integrative taxonomy, merges traditional observational techniques with modern DNA ...

We had a bit of fun last week, playing in a New Jersey small town park, grandsons on the playground, and grandpa scoping out ...

I made this oak’s acquaintance courtesy of “Plants for the Winter Garden” (Timber Press, 2024), by Warren Leach. The author says of this oak: “It merits a gardener’s lust,” a superlative testimonial ...

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself ...

Dartmouth scientists sniff out the genes — and identify a new chemical compound — that drive titan arum's pungent odor. The unusual odor of the titan arum, commonly called the corpse flower because ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Sometimes plants are so similar to each other that the methods developed by 18th century scientist Carl Linnaeus for identifying species are not enough. Completely new species of daisies have been ...

Orphan genes, found only in specific lineages, are key drivers of new functions and phenotypic traits. This discovery lays a ...