Some plants have a real party trick. While most plants quietly grow, produce flowers, and spread their seeds, certain species have developed a much more dramatic way to reproduce. Their seed pods can ...

If you spend any time wandering along streams or lakes this time of year, you’ll likely find the bright orange flowers of spotted jewelweed. The small blooms with deep throats dangle invitingly like ...

A lot of people think of plants as pretty to look at, but defenseless and passive as far as organisms go. However, the many alien species—or "monster plants"—around us show we should never ...