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Glow-In-Dark Plant Project Sparks Major Debate

natureheader | Ewen Callaway | Posted 06.05.2013 | Science

Among the many projects attracting crowd-sourced funding on the Kickstarter website this week are a premium Kobe beef jerky, a keyboard instrument cal...

Four Unexpected Places to Plant a Garden

Kathleen Brenzel | Posted 06.04.2013 | HuffPost Home
Kathleen Brenzel

Innovation is pushing aside the old rules of garden design. No soil to plant? No problem. Gardeners are now growing plants everywhere -- on walls, rooftops, tabletops, even along busy streets. Check out these four.

PHOTOS: The World's Most Poisonous Plants

weather.com | Posted 05.26.2013 | Green

The angel's trumpet plant looks beautiful with its petals delicately hanging from the stem. But admirers of the flower should look and not touch becau...

Zombies and the Plants Who Can't Wait for Them to Take Over

Dr. Chris Martine | Posted 05.06.2013 | Green
Dr. Chris Martine

Without real places for flies to lay eggs, for example, the flowers of terrible scent have nothing to aspire to. You can't mimic something that doesn't exist. Or can you?

Do You Have A Green Thumb? (POLL)

Posted 04.05.2013 | MarloThomas

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Back Doors To The Source

Shaman Durek | Posted 02.20.2013 | Religion
Shaman Durek

Connecting through the use of drugs and medicines is like sneaking into Source's backdoor and seeking the answers to questions without having the knowledge and understanding of how the spirit world works.

WATCH: Bugs Slide To Doom Inside Carnivorous Plant

| Posted 12.21.2012 | Science

The carnivorous pitcher plant is nature's own honey trap, luring insects to their doom with drops of nectar and other enticements. But once an insect...

Why Christmas Trees Present Scientists With 'Daunting' Task

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 02.12.2013 | Science

NEW YORK — To millions of people, the Christmas tree is a cheerful sight. To scientists who decipher the DNA codes of plants and animals, it's a...

Go Native This Fall

The Nature Conservancy in California | Posted 12.30.2012 | Green
The Nature Conservancy in California

Fall is typically the time to start cleaning up and closing down for the winter. Not so in California. Fall's the prime time to plant our spectacular California natives.

Plant Roots: When Biology Is More Than Biology

Jesse Silverberg | Posted 10.08.2012 | Science
Jesse Silverberg

2012-10-08-plant.jpgOkay, it's a mouth full, but if that doesn't grab you, let me just say watching 100 hours of plant growth in under 10 seconds in 3-D is pretty awesome.

WATCH: Meat-Eating Plant Snaps Up Prey FAST

| Posted 10.01.2012 | Science

by Elizabeth Pennisi Many carnivorous plants snag prey by luring them onto sticky surfaces from which there is no escape. But a common sundew (Drose...

Tiny Insect Wows Scientists With Weird, Plantlike Ability

Posted 08.22.2012 | Science

By: Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 08/21/2012 11:44 AM EDT on LiveScience A tiny insect called the pea aphid might be one of the only anim...

Strange 'Fairy Circles' Stump Scientists

Posted 06.28.2012 | Science

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 06/27/2012 05:03 PM EDT on LiveScience In the sandy desert grasslands of Namibia in sou...

The Threat Against 'Bisexual' Brutus The Buckeye

Huffington Post | Sahaj Kohli | Posted 06.18.2012 | College

Ohio's Jim Flechtner is demanding that the Aesculus glabra, better known as the Ohio Buckeye be revoked of state tree status because it bears male, fe...

WATCH: Bad Weather Helps Meat-Eating Plant Trap Bug

Posted 06.16.2012 | Science

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 06/13/2012 06:17 PM EDT on LiveScience One species of ant-eating carnivorous plant has a...

Ditch The Dirt And Grow Lettuce...In Water?

Tara Heibel | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home
Tara Heibel

Often times we think plants for our outdoor gardens need to be planted in soil. But I'm here to say: Ditch the dirt! There are some wonderful options ...

Would You Live With A Garden Wall?

The Huffington Post | Nicole Guzzardi | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home

Forget wall paintings and murals. The newest trend hitting homes across the nation: Living walls. These decor features are interior gardens that liter...

Do Plants Think? Scientist Gives Surprising Answer

| Posted 06.06.2012 | Science

By Gareth Cook  | June 5, 2012 | How aware are plants? This is the central question behind a fascinating new book, “What a Plant Knows,...

PHOTOS: 10 Spectacular Gardens Around The World

Laura DiMugno | Posted 05.13.2012 | Travel
Laura DiMugno

What better way could there be to understand a place than to walk through a garden?

Tiny Bugs Do Dirty Work For Meat-Eating Plants

Posted 05.10.2012 | Science

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 05/09/2012 05:32 PM EDT on LiveScience Carnivorous plants can have valuable allies in ants,...

Iconic American Tree Poised For Comeback, Gene Scientists Say

Posted 04.16.2012 | Science

By: OurAmazingPlanet Staff Published: 04/16/2012 09:23 AM EDT on OurAmazingPlanet Once plentiful, the American chestnut tree has largely disappear...

Rick Santorum: 'Tell That To A Plant, How Dangerous' Carbon Dioxide Is'

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.12.2012 | Politics

On the eve of a pair of crucial Southern primaries, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum turned his attention to the environment. The former Penn...

What Thoreau's Journals Reveal About Climate Change

Posted 03.12.2012 | Science

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/09/2012 12:11 PM EST on LiveScience Springtime in Concord, Mass., has changed since the t...

Becoming the Lorax: Ten Ways to Speak for the Trees

Leda Huta | Posted 05.06.2012 | Green
Leda Huta

The Lorax has a simple message. We must care for our planet. If we don't, we could drive wildlife and plants to extinction.

Newly Discovered Plant Buries Its Own Seeds

Posted 11.30.2011 | Green

A new species of plant that spreads its own seeds has been discovered in Brazil. The plant, whose seed-dropping motion resembles genuflection, was nam...