This tropical plant can be grown in moist, warm areas of the United States like Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and parts of California. Creating a hospitable microclimate may be necessary. Generally ...

One extraordinary plant is the bat flower (Tacca chantrieri). A member of the yam family (Dioscoreaceae), this plant has 30-by-15-inch vivid green leaves that resemble those of the peace lily. The ...

Conservationists and communities are planting thousands of agave plants to protect endangered bats, and the future of Mexico's tequila production.

Just as some flowers use bright colors to attract insect pollinators, other plants may use sound to lure in nectar-eating bats. One rain-forest vine has a dish-shaped leaf located above a cluster of ...

The plants are giving a "'shout back' to the bats to come on over." “We mostly think about plant signaling as targeting sight and smell, but here these plants are not so much giving a ‘shout out’ but ...

Pitcher plants that "eat" bat poop have come up with a unique way to attract their meal tickets, new research finds: The plants are shaped to stand out against a bat's echolocation cries. The pitcher ...

How plants sound as well as how they look helps them to attract pollinators, a new study has found. Researchers discovered that a rainforest vine, pollinated by bats, has evolved dish-shaped leaves ...

Imagine a bat flying through the jungle of Borneo. It calls out to find a place to spend the night. And a plant calls back. The plant in question is Nepenthes hemsleyana—a flesh-eating plant that’s ...