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Why can pumpkins grow so large, but blueberries can't?Most fruit is pretty small, so why do pumpkins grow to such enormous sizes?
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Fruits and vegetables quiz: Do you know where pumpkins, blueberries and broccoli come from?Do you know where your staple fruits and vegetables were domesticated? Take Live Science's quiz to find out.
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Plants self-organize in a 'hidden order,' echoing pattern found across natureScientists have discovered a "perfect disordered hyperuniform" pattern in how plants arrange themselves across many dry landscapes that allows them to make the most of water resources.
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Scientists discover gold nanoparticles hidden in spruce tree needlesSpruce tree needles contain tiny gold particles — and they could indicate large gold deposits beneath the surface.
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Do figs really have dead wasps in them?Does every fig you eat really have a dead wasp inside?
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Cairo Fossil Forest: The oldest forest in North America with 385 million-year-old treesThe Cairo Fossil Forest is the second oldest in the world. These forests mark a turning point in Earth's history because they changed the composition of the atmosphere, scientists say.
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Chinese scientists create multicolored glow-in-the-dark succulents that recharge in sunlightResearchers injected "afterglow" phosphor particles into succulents to create the world's first multicolored glow-in-the-dark plants, featuring blue, green, red and blue-violet luminescence.
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Plants have a secret, second set of roots deep underground that scientists didn't know aboutA global analysis deep in soil found 20% of plants studied have an unexpected deeper set of roots more than 3 feet underground.
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Kilimanjaro's giant groundsels: The strange plants that thrive on Africa's tallest mountainGiant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania and Africa's tallest mountain.
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