Plant behavior may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, ...

Plant behaviour may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable ... The aim was to test our hypothesis that the evolution of stomatal behaviour ...

Camouflage is a common defensive strategy among animals. By modifying their coloration and patterning, animals evade ...

Now, a research team has compared algae and plants that span 600 million years of independent evolution and pinpointed a shared stress response network using advanced bioinformatic methods.

Young plants that resist disease grow fewer flowers later, limiting their reproduction. Adult plants resist disease without this cost.

Birds do it, chimps do it, even monarch butterflies do it – and by paying more attention to how animals self-medicate, we can ...

Scientists use fossil pollen to study ancient plant diversity and guide future conservation action strategies worldwide.

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Goetze: During their long, evolutionary history, plants have perfected several strategies to disperse their seeds to new ...

Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur species, Duonychus tsogtbaatari, with a strange evolution in Mongolia's Gobi Desert ...

Bullish (Video) Plant Evolution: From Ancient Fossils to Modern Ferns Posted: March 21, 2025 | Last updated: March 21, 2025 This film explores the evolution of vascular plants, particularly ferns ...