A carnivorous plant that fascinated Charles Darwin is able to increase its number of "tentacles" when nutrients from the ground are scarce, researchers say. The round-leaved sundew can therefore ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

The Trees For Health garden in Balboa Park introduces San Diegans to the medicinal uses of plants growing all around them.