“We keep the plants healthy: watering them, refreshing the soil and bedding, pruning and fertilising. And we replace anything that isn’t thriving… “I’ll tell you a secret,” he whispers.

In early February, members of the Strážovské Vrchy Speleological Club made an exceptional find in the Strážovské Vrchy Protected Landscape Area, located in the Považská Bystrica district, western ...

(Because poachers also glean ... cultivated — and poached — plants. Some plant heists have even changed the course of history, such as when the botanist-explorer Robert Fortune brought stolen ...

But for thousands of years people didn’t know this. It was only when explorers travelled to new places that they met each other. One of the most famous explorers was Christopher Columbus.

It is a herbal tea made from the leaves and stems of the Ilex paraguariensis plant. The leaves are typically dried over a fire, then steeped in hot water to make the tea. It is traditionally ...