More than a fifth of the Earth’s plant species are found only on islands, making them one of the largest biodiversity hotspots, a breakthrough global study has found. This conclusion has pushed the ...

Hundreds of American plants are endangered or threatened, meaning that extinction is a possibility - here are 15 of the most ...

Botanists have discovered two rare Hoya plant species in Arunachal Pradesh. Hoya chinghungensis is recorded in India for the ...

A new study has revealed that islands are home to around one in three of the world’s plant species, despite covering just over five per cent of the Earth’s land surface. Dr Julian Schrader, from ...

Why it's incredible: Kilimanjaro hosts huge, endemic plants called giant groundsels. On the middle-altitude slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro grows a strange plant not found anywhere else on Earth. The ...

Hawaiʻi has more endangered plants than all other U.S. states combined. Here's a look at some of the species that are so rare ...

From Tasmania to Madagascar to New Guinea, islands make up just over five per cent of Earth's land yet are home to 31 per cent of the world's plant species. A new study shows that of all plants ...