Nepenthes pongoides are endemic to a relatively low-elevation ... Chung said naming this critically endangered plant after a critically endangered animal draws a strong conservation parallel.

A plant that was once considered to be extinct is now flourishing thanks to help from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.The rare plant, called the running buffalo clover, was officially ...

KALAHEO — A years-long project that may save an endangered Kaua‘i plant from extinction is about to take its next step, when recently collected DNA samples are sent to China for analysis.

When researchers searched among extinct families, they came up empty-handed once again. Through the study, scientists highlight a problem in studying ancient plant fossils, especially of plants ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

Once abundant on Socorro Island, part of Mexico’s Revillagigedo Archipelago, the Socorro dove was last seen in the wild over ...

An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a ...

Native plants naturally occur on an island, while endemic plants are found only on ... this species in botanical gardens—so ...

Others have a high proportion of endemic plants because they are isolated from ... These species then either evolved in isolation or went extinct on the mainland, making them what scientists ...

Hand-pollination of the pungent corpse flower results in hundreds of seeds that will be sent across the world to help ...

The 40 endangered plants include grasses ... as we strive to preserve our native and endemic species for future generations.” Plants are foundational to the unique ecosystems of the Hawaiian ...

Others have a high proportion of endemic plants because they are isolated from ... These species then either evolved in isolation or went extinct on the mainland, making them what scientists ...