A lot of people think of plants as pretty to look at, but defenceless and passive as far as organisms go. However, the many alien species – or “monster plants” – around us show we should never ...

Earth plants could thrive under the light of an alien sun, according to a recent experiment. A team of astrobiologists planted garden cress seeds and cultured dishes of photosynthetic bacteria under ...

'Alien plant' fossil discovered near Utah ghost town doesn't belong to any known plant families, living or extinct Fossilized plant remains discovered near a Utah ghost town have stumped scientists, ...