Scientists have long agreed this event was triggered by a sudden surge in greenhouse gases which resulted in an intense and ...

Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is a major mechanism of genome evolution across the tree of life and is ...

Cinthia Singleton's husband, Matthew, planted a century plant outside their home 20 years ago. Now, only a year after he died ...

Stanford researchers discovered how plant cells decide whether to form breathing pores based on size and neighbor signals.

The simple hack is this: deadheading your flowers. The logic is simple – deadheading your blooms prolongs the flowering of ...

Butterflies (Papilionoidea) come in a remarkable variety of colors and patterns, from the orange majesty of the monarch to the lustrous red and blue of the peacock butterfly, but all butterflies ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

How Amazon forest loss may affect water—and climate—far away A surge in deforestation under Brazil's president could "tip" the Amazon, affecting weather and water supplies—in Brazil and beyond.

Scientists at the University of Helsinki discovered how plants heal their protective outer layer, the periderm. The diffusion ...

The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.