In 1997, at age 19, Toby Kiers talked her way into the Smithsonian's renowned tropical research institute on Barro Colorado, an island in the middle of the Panama Canal. The scientists studied the ...

A Smithsonian ecologist is trying to restore the plant, Spiranthes delitescens, which grows on Arizona’s sky islands ...

Despite their fundamental differences, plants, animals, and fungi share certain metabolic processes. Biologists at the U.S.

Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Adam Frew receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the British Ecological Society.

Some plants and fungi naturally resemble meat. But scientists and entrepreneurs are going a step further to design an even ...

10:26, Fri, Aug 1, 2025 Updated: 10:31, Fri, Aug 1, 2025 Gardeners have been urged to do one simple task to help their plants stay fungi-free. Plant fungus can quickly damage and even kill plants. As ...