Some of the wild plants that grow across the Australian landscape may not be so wild, according to new research led by Penn State scientists. The researchers studied four wild Australian plants ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Some of the wild plants that grow across the Australian landscape may not be so wild, according to new research led by Penn State scientists. The researchers studied four ...

When a young ant colony stumbles upon an ant plant, it’s a match made in evolutionary heaven. Queen ants lay their eggs inside the domatia, and soon the chambers are bustling with workers.

'One of World's Worst Invasive Species': Fire Ant Rafts Drift During Wild Australian Weather Fire ants, an invasive species described as “tiny killers,” have been “taking advantage” of ...

One wild plant that is not well known as an edible, Mr. Rosenbaum said, is the cutleaf, or tall, coneflower — as in, up to nine feet tall.

The new findings could help scientists transform wild plants into domesticated crops, Dr. Lippman said. He and his colleagues tested this possibility on a wild Australian plant sometimes called ...

Fire ants, an invasive species described as “tiny killers,” have been “taking advantage” of recent wild weather in northeast Australia, forming rafts to move to new areas using the water ...