While there are plenty of commercial houseplant mixes available, it's easy to make your own snake plant potting mix. Not only ...

Potting soil mix often contains mycorrhizae and other beneficial microbes to improve the availability and transfer of nutrients to plant roots. Some mixes contain a wetting agent to support ...

This model predicts that plants invest more in carnivorous traits, such as prey capture, when nutrients from the soil are limited and light availability is high. The study also highlights how ...

Promoting mutually beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes that enhance nutrient acquisition by plants could improve crop production without increasing inorganic-fertilizer use.

Are you fascinated by carnivorous animals? Have you ever wondered which of these amazing creatures top the list regarding ability, size, and power? With predators found in jungles, on the savannahs, ...

A carnivorous plant that fascinated Charles Darwin is able to increase its number of "tentacles" when nutrients from the ground are scarce, researchers say. The round-leaved sundew can therefore ...

The curved teeth of the saber-tooth tiger represents an evolutionary paradox. Gaining its trademark curved fangs made it functionally optimal for piercing the flesh of its prey. But that level of ...

Carnivorous plants are interesting members of the plant world that have evolved to trap and digest animals, mostly insects, to survive. These plants thrive in places where the soil is poor in ...

Repotting less means it's more important to regularly feed your plants with an appropriate fertiliser. If the soil level drops top up with a good quality potting mix, a similar consistency to what ...

“But, technically, potting mix is the correct term for the soil-less product we use to grow plants in pots and containers,” says Hancock. Read on to understand the difference between potting ...

The largest meat-eating dinosaurs lived in completely different eras and on totally different continents. Sergey Krasovskiy/Stocktrek Imag / Getty Images/Stocktrek Images ...