Ancient Egyptians offered flowers to the gods. Greeks used crowns of flowers to reward military or naval prowess, according to a dictionary of antiquity. Today, billions of dollars get traded for ...

Roses, carnations, pompons, hydrangeas, chrysanthemums and gypsophila arrive on hundreds of flights, mostly from Colombia and Ecuador, to Miami on their journey to florists and supermarkets across the ...

Monitoring: Regularly inspect quarantined plants for mealybugs and treat them with an insecticide as needed. Recordkeeping: ...

As the US electric vehicle battery industry matures, less viable projects are starting to fall by the wayside. Over the past ...

The February issue of Arkansas Money & Politics went to press with the state still aglow in the aftermath of the Hogs’ ...

Valentine’s Day is here, and retailers say it’ll be one for the record books. A new survey touted by the Florida Retail Federation predicts Americans will spend upward of $27.5 billion celebrating the ...

Rain intensified Thursday in California, where the strongest atmospheric river of the season brought downpours, strong winds ...

While chocolates and teddy bears are sweet, roses in a heart-shaped box remain the ultimate Valentine’s Day symbol ...

Could restoring the environment in one place -- say by turning farmland in Europe into a nature reserve -- harm plants and ...

Reasons to be Cheerful reports on new methods that are turning mountains of old clothes into rack-ready garments amid growing ...

Chinese researchers have developed a new variety of rice enriched with a powerful antioxidant, Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), offering a cost-effective and sustainable solution to increase CoQ10 levels in ...

From couples' axe-throwing to an R-rated zoo exhibition, Aucklanders are finding romance in some strange places this ...