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 ...

Join Maddie on a journey of discovery to find out about plants around the world. Find out how we can help to look after them and our planet and why and how they grow and survive in different climates.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Plants can be frustratingly inconsistent ... artemisinin was isolated and refined by Tu in the 1970s, and according to the World Health Organization, antimalarials containing artemisinin have ...

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 ...

Nuclear power plants are among the safest and most secure facilities in the world. But accidents can happen, adversely affecting people and the environment. To minimize the likelihood of an accident, ...