In most plants, once the flower is fertilised, the stamens detach along with the petals and the rest of the flower parts. “And this thing seems unusual in that it’s retaining the stamens at ...

A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, ...

The diversity within plant families can be remarkable. For example, diverse species such as poison ivy, cashews and mangoes all belong to the same extensive family. The extent of lost diversity within ...

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This creature's large fangs earned it the name Hylomys macarong, or vampire hedgehog – a new species of soft-furred hedgehog identified in 2024 (Credit: Alexei V Abramov) Thousands of new ...