One of the planet's leading questions is how to produce enough food to feed the world in an increasingly variable climate. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations predicts that ...

If you’ve tried to identify a plant using a botanical key, it can be a daunting process, full of unfamiliar terms. Gardeners can wonder, “Why is it important to understand botany?” Plant ...

Think back to the last time you mowed your lawn. Considering the torrential summer afternoon rains, it was probably yesterday. How about the last time you felt the crunch of a salad? Whether your last ...

THIS is in no sense a cram-book. To take the trouble of learning it by heart, page for page, would not suffice for any botanical examination with which we are acquainted. This is a great advantage in ...

Plants have got you surrounded. They’re in your toothpaste, your bedsheets, and your regular Taco Bell order. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll find out what botanists study and how ...

Eric Boa does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Children are not being taught enough about plants at a time when they could be the answer to global warming, scientists have warned. This has led to people becoming "disconnected from the botanical ...

The solutions to feeding the world are certainly multi-faceted, requiring knowledge from a diversity of fields and practices to successfully raise food production and maintain ecosystem security. Thus ...