Plants & Fungi

In the rainforests of the Philippines, there hangs a flower so impossibly colored that first-time viewers often assume it's been...

In the grand spectacle of nature, we often find ourselves captivated by charismatic megafauna or towering trees. But beneath our feet and...

In a world where Venus flytraps get all the press and pitcher plants hog the spotlight, there exists a carnivorous plant so deceptively...

In the botanical world's version of a horror movie, there exists a plant that lures unsuspecting victims with sweet promises, intoxicates...

Deep in the rainforests of Southeast Asia lurks a botanical monster that defies everything we think we know about flowers. It has no...

Picture this: you're trekking through the misty mountains of northern Thailand, and suddenly you spot what appears to be a tiny purple...

In the plant kingdom's diverse portfolio of survival strategies, one group stands out for its particularly dramatic approach to obtaining...

Fig trees, often overlooked in discussions of remarkable plants, are among nature's most fascinating and ecologically significant...

The Serpent of the Bog: Meet Darlingtonia californica Picture this: you're hiking through the misty mountains of Northern California when...

Deep in the rainforests of Central and South America, a giant reaches toward the sky, its massive buttressed trunk supporting a crown...

Imagine a tree so absurdly proportioned that legend says the gods planted it upside-down as a joke. A tree so old it could have provided...

In the most unforgiving corners of our planet—sun-scorched deserts, windswept mountain ridges, and parched badlands—exists a group of...

The Plant That Turned the Tables In the brutal world of nature, plants usually play the victim—eaten by everything from tiny aphids to...

In the plant kingdom's version of a horror movie, strangler figs would be the villain that wins. These botanical assassins don't just...

Picture this: You're walking through a forest after a rainstorm, and there, growing on a dead log, is what appears to be someone's...

Imagine walking through an African savanna and looking up to see what appears to be a deli that exploded in a tree. Massive...

A Flower That Stopped Conquistadors in Their Tracks Picture this: Spanish conquistadors trudging through South American jungles in the...

The Tree That Walks Imagine a tree that can walk. Not in the fantastical way of Tolkien's Ents, but through a slow, methodical conquest...

The Plants That Broke Up with Earth In a world where every plant seems obsessed with putting down roots, air plants decided to ghost the...

In the dynamic boundary where land meets sea, there exists an extraordinary ecosystem that defies conventional botanical understanding....