Plants

One of the best signs of spring for many nature lovers is when flowers start to bloom. Whether it is a spring bulb in a …

Mosses are one of the oldest forms of land vegetation on Earth. They have been around for more than 400 million years and constitute one …

If you have walked past a pond, you may have seen algae on top of the water. Some of it is microscopic but can build …

Shorthand descriptions about flowers were used to pass information about them on to others. These descriptions allowed people to pass on information quickly about where …

If you have any plants indoors, you may notice that their stalks bend and turn towards the light. To keep the plant’s shape, you may …

Fungi cannot move in the same way that animals do and cannot produce their food. Someone recently asked me what fungi feed on, so I …

Walking through the woods the other day, I was surprised at how many trees had holes. Some of them had birds flitting in and out …

While walking the other day, I was overcome by the smell of giant hogweed and was surprised at how many flies were flying around it. …

If you have ever felt the spiky thorn of cactus or a hawthorn, then you know these can be very sharp and painful. In this …