Whether you display them year-round as a houseplant or only bring them indoors when temperatures drop, these tropical plants thrive even when they're miles away from their natural habitat. Related: 9 ...

A new species and genus of fairy lantern ... Fairy lanterns, or Thismiaceae as they are known to botany, are very unusual plants found mainly in tropical but also in subtropical and temperate regions.

A third of tropical African plants are on the path ... standing to lose more than 40% of their richness of plants. Species at risk include trees, shrubs, herbs and woody vines.

Inside the Tropical Greenhouse rainforest in the botanical ... In fact, the research team discovered that some plant species were working at the limit of their heat tolerance.