Plants around the world are flowering earlier in the year, a trend attributed to climate change. But there could be another hitherto hidden trigger. Scientists led by researchers at the Chinese ...

These findings could be used to prevent plant inbreeding and promote genetic diversity in future conservation efforts.

How can we explain the new and simultaneous presence of worms, notoriously slow animals, in gardens distant from each other ...

A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in the Angeles National Forest — and what it can tell us about interdependent ...

A fabric organza bag shields the blossom from cross-pollination. Keep it in place until the developing fruit appears, then remove it and tag the stem so you’ll know that the fruit contains true seed.

Plants cannot walk away from trouble. Once a seed sprouts, a plant stays rooted in one place for life. Heat, cold, drought, and shifting seasons arrive without warning. Survival depends on the ability ...

Life on Earth relies upon an astonishingly short list of elements. Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen compose the essential structure of all living things, trace amounts of metals like iron and calcium ...

Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared. By Sofia Quaglia If a plant wants to reproduce, there are a number of tricks it can use to lure a pollinator insect. It can display gaudily ...

Most plants can reproduce both sexually (through flowers and seed) but many important crops, such as potatoes and strawberry, are propagated vegetatively, e.g. through tubers or shoots. A new study of ...