Plants
Top Ten Places Where Life Shouldn't Exist... But Does
Smithsonian lists the most improbable, inhospitable and absurd habitats on Earth
The Cahaba: A River of Riches
An unsung Alabama waterway is one of the most biologically diverse places in the nation, home to rare flora and fauna
Help Defend Against the Invaders
They have come to our country from all over the world, brought here in the bowels of ships, in the cargo holds of planes, even on the bottoms of our shoes
Pictures of the Week—Orchids
Able to identify the orchids in these photos?
Bamboo Steps Up
An ancient plant becomes a new sensation
Wild Things: Life As We Know It
Mammoths, Clownfish and Traveling Plants
35 Who Made a Difference: Mark Plotkin
An ethnobotanist takes up the cause of rain forest conservation
35 Who Made a Difference: Wes Jackson
In Kansas, a plant geneticist sows the seeds of sustainable agriculture
Wicked Weed of the West
Spotted knapweed is driving out native plants and destroying rangeland, costing ranchers millions. Can anybody stop this outlaw?
Stimulants
Both ginseng and dolphins evoke passionate emotions
Getting to the Root of Ginseng
Questions about the herb's health benefits haven't cooled the red-hot market in wild American ginseng
Kudzu: Love It or Run
Aggressive weed that "grows like the devil" and will not die is manna for sheep, cows and folks who use it to cure hangovers, weave baskets and make jelly
When Plants Migrate
The study of how plants moved north after the last ice age could mean new directions for conservation
Hot-Rock Cooking Party
For archaeologists, the proof is in the pudding or rather, in the agave, cactus and other goodies
Wastewater Problem? Just Plant a Marsh
For some of the toughest environmental cleanups, plants can do it better and cheaper than we can
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