In a backroom at the California Academy of Sciences, Charlotte Peng and her colleagues are making millions of plants, immortal. Or as close as they can be, for researchers. They're using a ...

Across southeastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the Elaeis guineensis tree is native ...

They Help Control Vegetation Capybaras are like the gardeners of wetlands. These hefty rodents munch on a variety of plants, ...

A new study reveals the positive impact of intercropping leguminous plants like soybean and Chinese milkvetch with tea crops.

Dr. David Tilman receives U.S.’s highest scientific honor for his discoveries about the importance of Earth’s biodiversity.

New “slow flower” farms grow beautiful blooms—without health-harming chemicals used by overseas operations that dominate the ...

Scientists studied plant DNA to understand past extinctions. They found that warming climates increase competition, ...

In 2019, scientists rediscovered a species of miniature deer long lost to science within the dry coastal forests of southern ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

It’s that diversity that makes a forest resilient — openings that slow a fire down, for example, but that also invite various plant and wildlife species to the area. During World War II, the number of ...

Plants survive climate change using genetic variations. Scientists studied Marchantia polymorpha to find key adaptation ...

Plants produce a metabolite called MEcPP when they're stressed, which then triggers protective responses within the plant.