Almost 40% of global land plant species are categorized as very rare, making them especially vulnerable to climate change and extinction, a new University of Arizona-led study has found.

But because developing resistance is so impactful for young plants, they remain vulnerable to infection. "Some young plants 'pay the cost' and survive into adulthood, but they make fewer flowers ...

For the first time in its history, Bangladesh is attempting to protect five species from extinction by increasing their ...

For 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has provided bedrock legal protection for nature’s most vulnerable, including 1,684 plant and animal species native to the United States and the ...

Climate change has brought more intense floods that can wash vulnerable plants away or bury them under debris. Now big red sage truly is on the verge of extinction in the wild, classified by the ...