Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ancestor that ...

In this episode of Tiny Matters, we explore the complex and essential relationship between plants and animals across evolution and some of the pivotal moments that allowed humans to exist and that led ...

Few living things seem to have less in common than plants and animals, but that assumption is being increasingly challenged.

Plant evolution is the subset of evolutionary phenomena that concern plants. The study of plant evolution includes the study of genetic change and the variations that result in speciation.

All 42 known species of the parasitic plant Rafflesia, often known as the corpse flower, are endangered due to runaway destruction of their tropical forest habitats.

A recent study by Chinese scientists has revealed the intricate molecular machinery driving energy exchange within ...

A new book details how lignin once protected algae from UV radiation, then later in evolutionary time became a structural ...

Feb. 26, 2025 — It's not what you do, it's how readily you do it. Rapid evolutionary change might have more to do with how easily a key innovation can be gained or lost rather than with the ...

Genetic analyses and interviews with Indigenous farmers revealed that most manioc crops resemble each other across time and ...

How do symbioses between plants and fungi develop? How do plants decide whether or not to enter into a partnership with fungi ...