Wild scarlet monkeyflowers in California survived a historic drought by relying on a rapid evolution, marking the first time the process has been observed in the wild.

A team of international scientists, including researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, reports a major advance in sorghum genomics: a powerful new resource designed to speed discovery ...

Research on plant responses to environmental stress is increasingly vital as global change accelerates. Both natural and agricultural systems are facing ...

But new federally funded research from Johns Hopkins University has found that tomatoes, carrots, and lettuce store those chemicals in their leaves—good news for tomato and carrot lovers who eat the ...

Many insects live in fresh water, or close to the sea in salt marsh and beach habitats. There are also several species of water striders in the genus Halobates, which live on the ocean’s surface, far ...

Eating the majority of your calories earlier in the day can be beneficial, but so can adding more fiber and protein.

Destroying the facilities is a violation of international law that could cause a humanitarian crisis in the most water-scare region on Earth. Powering the plants with electricity from fossil fuels ...

A study from Kobe University has uncovered a surprising partnership between Japanese red elder plants and Heterhelus beetles. The beetles pollinate the flowers but also lay eggs inside the developing ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden layer of plant DNA that has survived virtually unchanged for more than 400 million years. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA ...

Researchers have figured out how hornworts, a relative of mosses, condense RuBisCO into specialized compartments ...

Researchers have uncovered a molecular trick used by hornwort plants that could help future crops capture carbon dioxide more efficiently. A unique protein feature called RbcS-STAR causes the key ...