Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past 48 hours.

Nature is full of vibrant colors, but when most people think of the natural world, green is often the first shade that comes ...

The jacaranda tree is a stunning landscape tree with an impressive display of pretty purple flowers and delicate fern-like ...

The insects responsible for pollinating cacao’s tiny flowers are, themselves, also tiny, in order to access the flower’s reproductive structures. Biting midges from the Ceratopogonidae family and gall ...

This celebration is key for economies such as Guatemala and Colombia. But there is always a debate in the region: is it a U.S ...

New “slow flower” farms grow beautiful blooms—without health-harming chemicals used by overseas operations that dominate the ...

Since the beginning of the year more than 1 billion fresh-cut flowers have crossed into the United States. They travelled ...

Look up this week for February’s full snow moon and to catch the last glimpse of a visible parade of planets in the night sky ...

Dia Mate is off to a strong start as she entered the Top 12 at the Reina Hispanoamericana 2025 coronation night in Bolivia on ...

In Incan mythology, Mama Koka was the god of the coca plant which originally grew from her torn apart body. Today, coca ...

Edna Frances Bixby In loving memory of Edna Frances Bixby, 91, of Amsterdam, New York, who passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 20, 2024, at Albany Medical Center. Edna was born on ...