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

Scientists believe the first true plants evolved from green algae around 470 million years ago. These early plants lived in ...

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

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

A study has traced thousands of conserved regulatory elements back 300 million years, revealing deep principles of plant genome evolution—a discovery that could pave the way for more precise ...

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

Non-native plants are outcompeting local species in dry ecosystems around the world, and heavy grazing and fertile soils are ...

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.

Kim Frisbie writes that the island's gardens need native plants because native insects depend on them. Adding them can ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...

"Even though moths and butterflies are a well-studied group, we're just now beginning to understand some of the most basic facts about their evolution and conservation needs," ...

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.