Researchers at Princeton University have built a swarm of interconnected mini-robots that “bloom” like flowers in response to ...

Though he hasn’t been back in years, there are images seared in Julian Glander’s memory. “I thought it was the most beautiful ...

Some of the plants planted by the volunteers and Jozi trails at the Florence Bloom Bird Sanctuary in Delta Park. Photo: Supplied A group of dedicated volunteers joined Jozi Trails for an invasive ...

The growing problem of invasive plants has ignited a buzzstorm of local and national efforts to get rid of our worst weedy offenders and stop new invaders from gaining a foothold. But one strategy ...

On Earth, plants reflect green light — but on Kepler-186f, they’d likely glow deep red. The reason lies in physics: cooler stars like Kepler-186 emit more infrared light than visible light, forcing ...

Plants are spreading across the globe faster than ever, largely due to human activity, and new research shows that the very same traits that make plants thrive in their native lands also drive their ...

The Alien franchise has always focused on just one titular alien — the Xenomorph. Yes, over the years, we got extrapolations of the Xenomorph, like the Queen, and the facehuggers. Yet they all still ...

One of “The Sims 4” fans’ biggest wishes has finally been granted: playable fairies are coming to the life-simulation game this July. While werewolves, vampires, aliens, plant-human hybrids, mermaids, ...

Question: Pods have formed at the top of some of my amaryllis plants after the bloom declined. It looks like they are full of seeds. Can they be used to start more plants? Answer: Increase your ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...