HOLLYWOOD, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will consider granting Endangered Species Act protection to the ghost orchid, a critically endangered flower. Under federal ...

Ecological scent detection dog Circe searches for Canelo Hills ladies’ tresses in the tall vegetation Eirini Pajak At first glance, the orchid might seem like just another green wisp among the grass.

Nature doesn't do anything by accident. Some plants have evolved such exclusive partnerships with animals that they simply ...

A new wild orchid species, Dendrochilum ignisiflorum, has been described in the Philippine province of Benguet in the northern Cordilleras mountain range. This fiery orange orchid belongs to a genus ...