Many animals depend on the lunar cycle for a multitude of purposes, from communication to navigation. Now researchers have found the first known plant that only reproduces by the light of the full ...

In a joint operation in February, the Indian Navy and the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) officials seized 234 kg of crystal methamphetamine from a fishing boat off Gujarat. Top enforcement officials ...

In a year like this the boys are strutting their stuff when it comes to our native ephedra. It's because this is a dioecious species, meaning "two houses". Male flowers are held on some plants, female ...

It’s the only known plant species that relies on the lunar cycle for survival – and we found out by complete accident. At night, Ephedra foeminea, a non-flowering relative of conifers and cycads, ...

Ephedra-type alkaloids, a class of naturally occurring compounds derived from plants in the genus Ephedra, have long held interest in the pharmaceutical industry due to their stimulant and airway ...

The Food and Drug Administration (search) has announced a new rule that in 60 days will ban the manufacture and sale of ephedra (search), an herbal dietary supplement that has been sold as a ...

In a year like this the boys are strutting their stuff when it comes to our native ephedra. It's because this is a dioecious species, meaning "two houses". Male flowers are held on some plants, female ...