A Plant A Day

Recently, scientists gave the fungal world a little more personality by describing three new Russula species: Russula lapponica, R. neopascua, […]

One of my favorite things about the Pacific coast is the diversity of kelp both found in the tidal zone

Testosterone boosters that promise the world from a gas station counter don’t exactly scream “science‑backed.” For a long time, Paul

This year, instead of reaching for synthetic dyes, try turning your kitchen and garden into a natural color lab for

Imagine being told your body is basically broken: that you can’t make testosterone anymore and need a drug to replace

The Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) is a non-spiny, thicket-forming deciduous shrub with rhizomatous growth, bearing large, velvety, palmately lobed leaves resembling

The Blue Lotus (aka. Blue Egyptian Lotus; Nymphaea caerulea) is a tropical aquatic water lily with striking blue flowers that

Aguaje (aka. Buriti; Mauritia flexuosa) is a tall, solitary palm with a spiny, ringed trunk that can exceed 30 m

Most people think Maca is just Maca… but what if the story behind that root is way more controversial than

In an botanical breakthrough, researchers described Tiganophyton karasense: a bizarre dwarf shrub found growing in the scalding salt pans of