A Turkish professor believes ferula drudeana that grows on Mount Hasan in Anatolia is the ancient plant silphion, which was thought to be eaten into extinction 2,000 years ago

Ecologist Avi Shmida says weather conditions led to some profuse blooming, though early bloomers and those in the desert were subpar; climate analyst: Coldest March since 1953

In 'Plants Go to War,' author Judith Sumner describes how botanists on the frontlines helped feed, cloth, and arm their nations