Early angiosperms represent a pivotal chapter in plant evolution, marked by rapid diversification and profound ecological impact during the Early Cretaceous. These flowering plants, distinguished by ...

A study has traced thousands of conserved regulatory elements back 300 million years, revealing deep principles of plant ...

My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...

A deep genetic mystery has baffled plant scientists for decades. Although leaves, stems, and flowers develop in strikingly similar ways across many ...

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 ...

The story of Earth’s very first plant is far more complex than pinpointing a single species - it is a saga of evolution that began in ancient oceans and ultimately reshaped the planet itself.

A new paper in Annals of Botany, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The study shows that when plants and ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

A quiet grassland can feel still, but it is never silent. Every leaf, flower, and root releases tiny scent molecules that drift through the air.

The sun is the basis for photosynthesis, but not all plants thrive in strong sunlight. Strong sunlight constrains plant diversity and plant biomass in the world's grasslands, a new study shows.