Plant with only 12 left among 5 new species discovered in scenic vacation spot

Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources has announced the discovery of five new plant species found nowhere else on ...

Just a few species can drive a plant community's response to warming temperatures

A new analysis of experimental data led by the University of Michigan has unveiled insights into why and how plant ...
Big Island Now

Several Hawaiian plant species newly discovered, rediscovered during Native Plant Month

Discovery of five new plant species and rediscovery of several other species previously thought to be lost are detailed in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A New, Endemic Tree Species Discovered in an Indigenous Area is Already Threatened

Botanists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) named the new species, Clusia nanophylla, because of the tiny size of the leaves, the smallest within the genus. This species has only ...

Scientists Stunned After Finding Plant Thought Extinct for 60 Years

A plant missing for nearly 60 years has been found again in one of Australia’s most remote landscapes, and the rediscovery ...