An ancient sea worm may hold the secret to a whole new category of natural materials. Its jaws combine proteins and metal ...

Cases have hit record levels, and scientists are racing to pinpoint where the Cyclospora parasite entered the food supply.

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered that tiny photosynthetic bacteria band together into ...

I went to the Reflecting Pool because, as a certain American naturalist once said of a different pond, I wished to “live deliberately” and “see if I could not learn what it had to teach.” I doubted ...

Biomaterials with extraordinary properties, such as spider silk, have so far been known primarily from animals. Researchers at the University of Salzburg in Austria have now deciphered a surprising ...

The long blades and graceful habit of these plants add movement and texture throughout the garden. Clarity Blue™ Dianella brings evergreen color to coastal gardens and water-wise plantings. This ...

Maybe these will change your mind! For just as long as humans have been using plants for healing and medicinal purposes, we have been using them for their mind-altering properties as well. Many of us ...

Plants in spirituality and divinity. Though plants are necessary to humans for survival in the form of food and medicine, not all plants that we use are so directly tied to our base biological needs.