Plans to use a deep-sea boom box to keep fish away from a coastal nuclear plant have gone awry. DJing for marine life, it turns out, is a nightmare.
While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...
The processing market is dominated by China, but Australia is building its capabilities in an attempt to boost the domestic industry.
The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...
Cycad cones aren’t always hot. Instead, they follow daily cycles of heating and cooling: Pollen-laden male cones produce a big burst of heat in the late afternoon, and then ovulating female cones warm ...
Farmers are struggling to adapt to climate change and its challenges, but new research has some helpful advice.
Two researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a VinFuture Prize in recognition of their work ...
Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the ...
As temperatures increase and snowpack declines, many alpine plants are at risk of extinction. Though adapted to harsh ...
Twenty-five years ago, the release of the first complete Arabidopsis thaliana genome marked a pivotal turning point in plant ...
Purdue University researchers found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical ...