There's a conundrum that has perplexed biologists since Charles Darwin himself. Why do some exotic species take off as ...

They don’t retain water and increase runoff, plus whatever was on the parking lot surface prior. Plant diversity is limited to stunted volunteers from airborne seeds and insects, to those that can ...

Plants may sometimes seem to be a mundane part of everyday life, but they are actually vital to all life on Earth. They provide food and shelter for animals, and they help purify the air we breathe.

The institute said the discovery was formally published on May 26 in the international botanical taxonomy journal Phytotaxa ...