A major study of botanic gardens around the world has revealed their struggles with one fundamental aim: to safeguard the world's most threatened plants from extinction. Researchers analyzed a ...

The world's botanic gardens must pull together to protect global plant biodiversity in the face of the extinction crisis, amid restrictions on wild-collecting, say researchers. A major study of ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Springtime is a particularly colorful season to visit the Desert Botanical Garden. Visitors who arrive mid-February through mid-June will see an abundance of blooming cactus ...

In this verdant, nearly 18-acre botanical garden, you can take a break from the city and savor the scenery from a park bench. Boasting around 6,000 species of plants, this tranquil oasis entices ...

A constant stream of visitors swept through the garden’s aquatic house Friday to catch a glimpse — and a whiff — of the history-making plant. Most adults were good about embracing the stench ...

A concerted, collaborative effort across the world’s botanic gardens is now needed to conserve a genetically diverse range of plants.

At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a so-called corpse flower bloomed for the first time on Friday. The smell was not unlike rotting flesh. Jonathan Ritzman compared the scent of the corpse flower to ...

The BBG said around New Year's Eve, a gardener noticed the plant's inflorescence was starting to emerge and moved it into the garden's Aquatic House. The plant, named "Smelliot" by the garden's ...

Cambridge University Botanic Garden was the first botanic garden in the UK to grow this endangered tree species. It is distributed in at least 372 botanic gardens globally. A major study of ...

We will also cover the environment and care that each type of plant requires after propagation. Christine Lavelle is a lecturer in horticulture and ecology at Writtle College, Chelmsford, UK, and an ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Here in Chicago, warm temperatures may be nowhere in sight, but you can still get a taste of tropical weather at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and the Regenstein Center’s exhibit ...