An extraordinary botanical spectacle is drawing crowds in Rio de Janeiro: several talipot palm trees, planted more than six ...

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a crop of imported palms is flowering for the first and only time after being planted by renowned ...

Two researchers stumbled upon a rare plant in the Indonesian jungle. The discovery was so emotional for one of them that he couldn't hold back his tears. University of Oklahoma professor’s ICE ...

Working with South African daisies, Colombian magnolias and Philippine coffee trees, botanists the world over are discovering the secrets to bringing extremely rare and threatened plants back from the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: For more than three decades, scientists have explored ways to leverage certain metal-producing powers of hyperaccumulators, a family of more than 700 ...

Question: Many bougainvilleas are in full bloom in our neighborhood, but ours is good and green and only has a few flowers scattered among the plant. How do we obtain more blooms? Answer: Maybe too ...

Vulcan Elements, a North Carolina startup determined to revitalize U.S. production of rare earth magnets, has chosen Johnston County as the site of its first major factory. The N.C. Department of ...

A Pentagon-backed Research Triangle Park startup could announce as soon as Tuesday plans for a major manufacturing plant in Johnston County — a deal that, if consummated, could make North Carolina a U ...

A "breakthrough" discovery about the fern species Blechnum orientale could help to ease the rare earth element (REE) crisis and pave the way for a “green” extraction process for the metals. While the ...

Bloom Energy’s (NYSE:BE) share price has accomplished something that many considered unlikely — it has increased more than 5x in the last six months, evolving from a specialized fuel-cell company into ...