Botany Pond, a beloved campus landmark and a popular and peaceful oasis for the University of Chicago community, has reopened following an extensive restoration designed to maintain its historical ...

Despite the desert environment of the Coachella Valley, most of the landscaping here is predominantly made up of non-native and even tropical plants. Although aesthetically pleasing, these plants, ...

UC Davis postdoctoral scholar Marina LaForgia led the class "Badass Babes of Botany." (Courtesy Marina LaForgia). It’s the turn of the 19th century and botany is the only socially acceptable science ...

Botany Pond, a popular and peaceful oasis just southeast of Cobb Gate in Hull Court, is undergoing an extensive restoration designed to keep it flourishing and beautiful for another 100 years. The ...

I get an itch to put on my gardening gloves and get planting when spring comes around. While practicing patience for the right weather, I’ll read up on books and try to learn new techniques – but this ...

It is time to get excited for spring! Our beautiful campus is beginning to bloom, and the days will (hopefully) be warmer from here on out. Most importantly, ducks have officially returned to the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — When thinking of Pride Month, images of colorful concerts, exhibits and parades come to mind. What about flowers, like violets and lavender? The Field Museum took a less human-centered ...

On the squat scrublands of a ranch property in Starr County, Texas, a few miles from the Mexico border, the ground is specked with a constellation of gray-green, quarter-size buttons of the cactus ...

The ship on which Khan Noonien Singh is found - the SS Botany Bay - likely takes its name from a real-world region that holds a tragic history.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The first time most Floridians heard about forensic botany was during the Casey Anthony murder trial in 2011. Anthony’s attorneys called expert witnesses to testify in an effort to ...