David Bird shows off his “Lady Bird” orchid, named for his wife. Bird offers a wide variety of orchids, succulents and carnivorous plants at his Bird’s Botanicals underground greenhouse open to the ...

Dennis Whigham (center) of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center discussed a McKenna Bird orchid grown by David Bird, owner of Bird’s Botanicals, during a tour of the business on Thursday.

Researchers and citizen scientists have found three new species at Amowa Forest Preserve in East Moline. A new flowering plant, the three birds orchid, has been discovered, as well as false mermaid ...

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained," smirked my friend Stan Galenty as he gathered his overnight belongings and placed them in the back of my car. I smirked back and asked, "Whose idea was this?" ...

Chinese researchers have solved the mystery of the function of sheaths in flowering orchids. In a new paper, the team found the perch to be essential to orchid reproduction. Chinese researchers have ...

MINDO, Ecuador -- I‘ve often fantasized about retracing the steps of such naturalists as Charles Darwin, Alexander von Humboldt and William Bartram, who saw exotic places and recorded, in detail, the ...

The role a small wasp plays in the survival of a rare hybrid orchid will be displayed through Dianne Emery's work at an art exhbition in Sydney. The crucial role a tiny wasp plays in creating a rare ...

With over 10,500 identified species, birds are found in all corners of the world. Each species is unique and able to survive in a huge range of environments. And Sri Lanka is one of those countries ...