BBC Bitesize asked experts from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to tell us more about six of the world’s most astonishing plants. The national flower of Guyana, in South America, the Amazon ...

This holy Basil plant, known as tulsi, grows profusely all over the area. Millions of Hindus of different denominations, all over the world, worship the tulsi plant as a daily practice ...

But, sometimes, plants can have the price tag to match how much we treasure them, or, in some cases, surpass our wildest ...

The network is extensive, with over 80% of plants believed to be connected, making it one of the oldest communication systems in the world. Just as the internet enables us to connect, share ideas ...

one of the world’s largest botanical collections. But increased scrutiny of plant research aimed at pharmaceuticals is crucial, she says. In 1998, Simmonds helped raise funds to create a 7,000 ...

From a flower which resembles a brain to a three-metre-tall plant that smells of rotting flesh, sometimes the natural world is more horrifying than any fiction. Discover this creepy collection of ...

While mistletoe may be commonly associated with Christmas kisses, it's also a parasite. Mistletoe, a group of plants in the order Santalales, are found around the world. Only some species of mistletoe ...

No matter what color your thumb, you likely already know that all plants need water to reach their full potential—after all, that basic knowledge goes back to introductory middle-school science ...

Interestingly, although green plants contribute much of the oxygen in the air we breathe, phytoplankton and cyanobacteria in the world's oceans are thought to produce between one-third and one ...

Some plants serve so many purposes in life. Trees and plants provide oxygen for people and animals to live in this world.

New estimates suggest two-fifths of the world's plants are at risk of extinction. The assessment of the State of the World's Plants and Fungi is based on research from more than 200 scientists in ...

Japan is releasing waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean after receiving ... Tritium can be found in water all over the world. Many scientists argue if levels of tritium ...