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Plants

Polylepis tree limbs intertwine overhead in the forest around Polylepis Lodge in Ecuador.

These Fairytale Trees Only Grow at Incredible Altitudes

Karen Catchpole October 15, 2015

Places You Can No Longer Go: The Navigation Trees

Lucas Adams October 15, 2015

The Svalbard Seed Bank entrance, lit up by fiberoptics the night after its opening.

From WWII to Syria, How Seed Vaults Weather Wars

Cara Giaimo October 12, 2015

The ruins of 18th-century "Roman" columns

Parc Monceau

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

New York, New York

The Ramble Cave

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

A still from "Flower Magic," a recent Miracle-Gro ad.

How a Concentration Camp Survivor and an American Huckster Created the Magic Crystals of Miracle-Gro

Cara Giaimo September 23, 2015

FOUND: A Mystery Fruit

Sarah Laskow September 23, 2015

Smiling Hogshead Ranch

Queens, New York

Smiling Hogshead Ranch

Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

space exploration

The Duke, the Landscape Architect and the World's Most Ambitious Attempt to Bring the Cosmos to Earth

Alina Simone September 15, 2015

Photos of Historic Bonsai Masterpieces

Anika Burgess September 11, 2015

When Plants Attack Unborn Cows

Sarah Laskow September 11, 2015

Desert leading to the Tree of Life.

100 Wonders: Last Tree of Ténéré

Dylan Thuras September 10, 2015

A Lawn Day’s Journey from Scythes and Donkeys to Power Mowers

Ernie Smith September 8, 2015

FOUND: 2.6 Trillion Trees

Sarah Laskow September 3, 2015

100 Wonders: The Great Green Wall of Africa

Dylan Thuras August 27, 2015

The Tree of Life

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Tree of Life

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Datura stramonium,

Meet the Genghis Khans of the Plant Kingdom

Sarah Laskow August 25, 2015

The Cheonguk-ui Gyedan, or "Stairway to Heaven."

Geoje-si, South Korea

Oedo Botania

One man and his wife have turned a barren Korean island into a fantastical botanical wonderland.