plants Fossilized "alien plant" from 47 million years ago unlike anything alive today Allan Rose Hill

agriculture Mystery tree grown from 1,000-year-old seed likely source of ancient medicinal balm Allan Rose Hill

Science This scientist fed his own flesh to a Venus Flytrap David Pescovitz

botany Remembering 31-year-old botanist Gabriel Trujillo Jennifer Sandlin

agriculture Scientists have figured out a way to farm metals from plants Thom Dunn

Science The weird biology of the Venus flytrap David Pescovitz

art Gorgeous black-and-white images of plants Clive Thompson

colonialism How a 19th-century slave kickstarted the world's vanilla-farming market Clive Thompson

Science Scientists have figured out why some plant leaves are unwettable Andrea James

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

happy mutants North Carolina's new botanical "First in Fly-Eat" license plates Cory Doctorow

chicago Abandoned coyote pup gets the care it deserves Séamus Bellamy

Science Researchers infuse plants with chemicals to glow for hours Andrea James

Science Plants are monsters Cory Doctorow

Science Newly-discovered orchid smells like champagne David Pescovitz

video This remarkable timelapse of flowers took 3 years to film Andrea James

Science The sophisticated, hidden ways that trees cooperate and protect each other Cory Doctorow

video Charming animated primer on plant communication Andrea James

Science Space botanists are beneficiaries of Canada's legal weed boom Cory Doctorow

Japan Deformed mutant daisies photographed near Fukushima nuclear disaster site in Japan Xeni Jardin