Duke’s decision to close its herbarium threatens to uproot a legacy of scientific discovery, climate research and education that has shaped the field of botany for generations.

Under a strictly controlled environment in the Botany Greenhouse grows a sweet fern — one amongst many of its like. Every now and then it feels a hand or a tweezer poking its stalk, its weeds cleared ...

October, loaded with shorter cooler days and longer colder nights, imposes changes on our lifescapes, one of which is the ...

Plants are being used to help solve crimes. The pollen and seed s they can leave behind can often become key pieces of evidence. But, how does this all work? While plants aren’t able to testify in ...

At first glance, plant and animal cells have a lot in common: they’re both highly organized, keep their DNA tucked away in an envelope, and are kinda juicy inside. But plant cells have evolved some ...

When you eat a salad for lunch, you’re digging into a giant pile of plant organs. That’s right—plants are made up of organs, only theirs follow a totally different set of rules from our own. In this ...

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"Cyborg botany" sound like something from an 80s cyberpunk novel, but it's what Harpreet Sareen and Pattie Maes are working to make reality. As members of MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces Group, the ...

Govt. Victoria College’s Botany Department is conducting an exhibition as part of its platinum jubilee celebrations ...