Hundreds of American plants are endangered or threatened, meaning that extinction is a possibility - here are 15 of the most ...

Every year, a new trend takes over the gardening scene. For 2026, this trend will have you looking at how you plan your ...

When lawmakers discuss protecting the threatened and endangered species in local habitats, they mostly think about the Florida manatee, the leatherback sea turtle or the red-headed woodpecker. But ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released its Vulnerable Species Action Plan, setting forth a blueprint for helping to prevent the extinction of 27 of the plants and animals ...

As gardeners, we know that plants hold immeasurable value, from intrinsic beauty to life-saving medicine. Yet an alarming number of plants have gone extinct, and one in five existing plants is in ...

The ghost, native to only Florida and Cuba, is a leafless web of roots splayed on the trunks of native trees. It’s also ...

Note to editors: Photos and other associated press materials can be found via Dropbox (password: heliconia). “The data that is stored in the herbarium is a scientific treasure that makes a project ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now ...

There are signs a critically endangered plant that grows on a rural property near Armidale could have a prosperous future.

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance reached a historical milestone after adding an endangered plant species to its Frozen Zoo, a collection of cryopreserved living wildlife material in the ...

Bangladesh is attempting to conserve and nurture five critically endangered flora species to ensure their healthy population in nature. Currently, these plants are present only in some specific places ...

The poachers weren’t intimidated by heat, lightning, mosquitoes, venomous snakes, alligators or losing their way in the South ...