Blazing colors and enticing scents may be showy, but they're just one part of the toolkit plants use to lure in pollinators.
The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction ...
While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...
“My long-standing aim is to rethink what it truly means to be a plant,” Kenji Suetsugu, a botanist at Kobe University in ...
Venkatesan Sundaresan, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and plant sciences, and Imtiyaz Khanday, an assistant ...
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 ...
Biostimulants, a diverse range of natural or synthetic substances, have emerged as crucial components in modern plant science ...
A forest may seem silent, but Dr. Richard Karban of UC Davis shows it is far noisier than we realize.
Morris Arboretum & Gardens has completed construction on their new Plant Science Lab to accelerate research in plant identification, conservation genetics, and species evolution using molecular tools.
Goldenberries taste like a cross between pineapple and mango, pack the nutritional punch of a superfood, and are increasingly ...
The University of Arizona marked the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor with its annual memorial ceremony outside Old Main on Sunday, Dec. 7. Students, faculty, veterans, Naval ROTC members ...
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Many people in St. Louis may not realize the region is a plant science powerhouse. And in just a few months, one of the leading plant science centers will have a new leader at ...