This week we have gossip from the rhizosphere, why eating melons takes a lot of aardvark, a plant that caters to different pollinators at different times, and more.

The brief Arctic summer is getting briefer. Research using herbaria shows that flowering times are shifting. Not all plants are responding the same way & that’s a problem.

Insurance data suggests plant theft is increasing, spanning local garden crime to international poaching networks threatening conservation efforts and botanic gardens.

Czech gardeners helped protect an endangered flower from extinction using their backyards. The simple trick could aid plant conservation worldwide.

High-speed cameras capture squirting cucumbers shooting seeds at 29 mph across 12-meter distances using perfectly angled, pressurised fruit explosions.

The Emperor Caligula wasn't just interested in plants as poisons, he also knew of their healing properties. It seems that he just preferred the poison side of pharmacology.

This week, there's a lot of heat with tropical plants, dead plants that lived in cooler climates and a sweet way for plants to sense heat.

Scientists analysing 2,000 herbarium specimens discovered jewelflowers survive new climates not by evolving, but by engineering their own familiar microenvironments

The sweet molecules plants make during photosynthesis double as sophisticated thermometers, revealing a hidden layer of plant environmental sensing.

This week, nectar with colour, plants with none, how small differences foster biodiversity and small gardens that bring us together.

Polish researchers discovered the secret to thriving urban gardens isn't green thumbs or good soil, it's the social networks gardeners build together.

Researchers discovered that tiny temperature differences within single farm fields can be more important than entire landscapes for bee foraging success.