Scientists have christened a subgenus of plants with a killer name: Jamesbondia. If the word calls to mind the British spy, it’s no coincidence. The four plants in this subgenus take their name from a ...

Jamesbondia belongs to the plant genus Alternanthera, and comprises of four species of plants found in Central America and the Caribbean Islands. In the 1980s, a scientist named J.M. Mears, called a ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Three extremely rare Caribbean plants now have federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also designated critical habitat for the plants ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following lawsuits brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Endangered Species Act protection today for three rare plants from ...

A new subgenus of plants has officially been called Jamesbondia after the notable American ornithologist James Bond, whose name Ian Fleming is known to have used for his eponymous spy series. A new ...

Before continuing our journey through the African diaspora, be sure to read Day 1 of A Vegan Chef's Travel Guide to the African Diaspora, where we explore the plant-based roots of Senegal, Ghana, and ...

Sylvia Mitchell (left) is Head of the Medicinal Plant Biotechnology Research Group in the Biotechnology Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI; Mona, Jamaica). She founded this research ...