Invasive plants are threatening India’s natural and agricultural landscapes

The country has already spent billions of dollars in controlling and eradicating these intruders.

TV Padma

· Nov 16, 2022 · 01:30 pm

These books tell us why we ignore plants, and what we are missing out on as a result

Reading to fight plant bias with plant awareness.

Janice Pariat

· Oct 16, 2021 · 05:30 pm

In Singapore, community gardens are helping the elderly deal with depression and loneliness

In the ageing country, the government has rolled out an allotment garden scheme to foster closer social bonds.

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Aug 07, 2019 · 09:30 pm

This illustrator’s sketches of South India’s wondrous plants are lessons in art and botany

Bengaluru-based artist Nirupa Rao’s painstakingly detailed illustrations are a combination of her fascination for nature and love for painting.

Amrita Bose

· Sep 10, 2018 · 03:30 pm

The first ever flower bloomed 140 million years ago and looked like a magnolia

Scientists have reconstructed the common ancestor of everything from rose bushes to oak trees, ivy or wheat.

Mario Vallejo-Marin, The Conversation

· Aug 03, 2017 · 10:30 pm

Podcast: Tinder for flora? Here's how plants communicate with potential mates

Plants have to attract birds and insects to carry their pollen for reproduction.

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian

· Sep 08, 2016 · 03:30 pm