Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden sprawls across 83 acres of Coral Gables real estate, offering an escape so complete you’ll forget you’re still in Florida – until the afternoon thunderstorm reminds ...

Most people put their orchid somewhere in the center of their home, far from a window, because they want to admire it when it ...

This Instagram video shows a praying mantis ambushing and devouring a spider in second, proof that this “praying” insect is ...

I have noticed orchids for sale recently at several stores. I was afraid to purchase one because I heard they are very hard to take care of. What are their care requirements? Orchids are one of the ...

Preparation and the right care throughout the winter is key to ensure your orchids not only survive but will also bloom at ...

Droopy leaves may look worrying on an orchid, but they're not a death sentence. Here's how you can diagnose the problem and ...

This orchid mantis is perfectly adapted to hide and hunt among the flowers from which it gets its name. Unlike many other insects, these mantises can change their color from their default of white to ...

Few know that the reserve, also part of the Giant Panda National Park stretching across Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, ...

Nine and a half years after his death -- on his 79th birthday, in fact -- Merle Haggard is the subject of two new albums, one ...

A team of Colombian botanists has issued an urgent wake-up call after discovering a remarkable new orchid species, only to project its likely extinction within decades due to climate change.

Plant biotechnology can be defined as the introduction of desirable traits into plants through genetic modification. We engineered chimeric variants of the Arabidopsis thaliana pattern recognition ...

In plants, de novo synthesis of all three basic amino acids (Arg, His and Lys) occurs entirely in the plastid stroma. Therefore, export of these essential primary metabolites via membrane-intrinsic ...