Scientists have long known that mutations in certain genes affecting microtubules in plants can cause plants to grow in a twisting manner. In most cases, these are “null mutations,” meaning the ...

Imagine if our bodies could grow new organs throughout our entire lives. Plants do this constantly, thanks to tiny, powerful reservoirs of stem cells. But how do these cells know when to divide, and ...

Prize recognizes Venkatesan Sundaresan and Imtiyaz Khanday’s work marking a breakthrough for sustainable agriculture ...

Parasitic plants are notorious agricultural pests that drain nutrients from crops and cause economic losses of more than USD ...

Tucked away beside the main road that runs along Eleuthera, a narrow island in the Bahamas, the Leon Levy Native Plant ...

A research team has developed a new hybrid artificial intelligence framework that can accurately estimate leaf nitrogen ...

9. The Global Tipping Points Report 2025, released by 160 international scientists, warns thatEarth has reached its first climate tipping point, with rising temperatures threatening coral reefs.

UBC Okanagan researchers have uncovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural compound linked to anti-cancer ...

Moss may look insignificant, but it can carry a hidden forensic fingerprint. Because different moss species thrive in very ...

Matt von Konrat, Head of Botanical Collections at the Field Museum in Chicago and corresponding author of the paper, ...

A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

Social media has been buzzing lately about \"plant parenting\", which is not a mere hobby anymore; it has turned into a whole ...