"Once a species vanishes, it's irreversible." Scientists thrilled as ultra-rare flower once thought to be extinct begins to ...

Corpse flowers are the celebrities of the plant world. When these rare plants bloom in botanic gardens, thousands of fans ...

Meanwhile, the rare plant’s water sources have shrunk, impacted by development and drought. Climate change has brought more intense floods that can wash vulnerable plants away or bury them under ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. On the edge of a rusty-red cliff at Waimea Canyon, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, grows a seemingly unremarkable ...

Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, extremely rare species: carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars, that live in ...

Only 19 populations of this rare flower remain, with 10 of these having fewer than 20 individual plants. The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Service in 2010 to protect the Ocmulgee ...

PORTLAND, Ore.—The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Ochoco lomatium under the Endangered Species Act. These rare flowers in the carrot ...

Frost, a plant restoration biologist with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, works to ensure the state’s rare plants stay in the landscape. That means she addresses the ...