Your plants are looking weak? No need to resort to pesticides: Liquid manure made from nettle or horsetail can make your plants more resistant to diseases and pests. Mascha Brichta/dpa An ailing plant ...

Lead researcher Philippe Marmottant describes the strange walk and jump of the microscopic plant spores Researchers in France have discovered a strange new type of movement in plants - tiny spores ...

A: Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) is a primitive perennial native to North America and Europe. Horsetail is the common name for 30 species in the Equisetum genus. Meadow pine, green foxtail rush, ...

Over 100 million years ago, the understory of late Mesozoic forests was dominated by a diverse group of plants of the class Equisetopsida. Today, only one genus from this group, Equisetum (also known ...

Giant leap for a weed: a close-up of the self-propelled spores used in horsetail reproduction Credit: Photo: Alamy What’s the most annoying plant in your garden? Hairy bittercress? Ground elder?

Ancient horsetail plants produce water with unusual oxygen isotopes, offering scientists a new tool to reconstruct Earth’s climate history and understand humidity patterns from millions of years ago.

Q: A weird purple flower just appeared in my garden. It is like a big purple calla lily but it smells horrible. What is it? A: The interesting plant that came up in your garden is Dracunculus vulgaris ...

HAIR LOSS can be alarming in the shower. A handful of hair can get caught up in your fingertips as you comb your locks through with water, only to wash off the loose ends to clog up the drain. But one ...

Researchers in France have discovered a strange new type of movement in plants - tiny spores that walk and jump. The researchers used high speed cameras to find out how horsetail (Equisetum) spores ...

Hair loss can be a troubling sight. Most people don't want their head of hair to lose its lustre. One plant extract oil may be able to help promote hair growth. One three-month clinical trial, ...

The researchers used high speed cameras to find out how horsetail (Equisetum) spores dispersed. This revealed that the microscopic spores' "legs" curl and uncurl when the moisture levels change, ...