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The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the continent's forests.

New research is showing just how much plants and crops rely on a host of darkness-dwelling creepy crawlies.

To protect crops from rising droughts, scientists are looking to the genes of a small group of plants that can survive months of drought then regreen within hours.

After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled how they got there.

Thousands of new species have been discovered by scientists this year – here are some of the weirdest.

It stands metres high, takes a decade to flower, smells like death and draws huge crowds when it blooms. But scientists are still unravelling the baffling lifecycle of the titan arum.

A forest in Ecuador is buzzing with life, thanks to a global movement granting nature legal rights

Renegade gardeners across the world are embracing a new philosophy: gardening that prioritises insects, not plants.