Botanists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Around a decade ago, Kobe University biologist Kenji Suetsugu took a ...

Sometimes newfound flower species are lurking where scientists least expect to see them — in parks, gardens and even in planters on balconies. That's where researchers in Japan recently identified a ...

Admired for their beauty, orchids are real evolutionary survivors. Promising food and even tricking insects into thinking they're a sexual partner are just some of the devious pollination strategies ...

Costa Rica is home to a distinct variety of orchids. So much so that Costa Rica’s national flower is the Guaria Morada orchid. Therefore, it comes to no surprise that researchers from the Lankester ...

SERNANP, Peru’s national parks service, announced that a new species of orchid was discovered on Bella Durmiente mountain, a prominent natural feature of Tingo Maria National Park in the Huánuco ...

Researchers at the University of Costa Rica’s Lankester Botanical Garden in Cartago, a colonial city east of San José, discovered 10 new orchids species last week. The University of Costa Rica’s (UCR) ...