For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that ...

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution connects plant and insect physiology, chemical ecology, molecular function, and evolutionary analysis to offer a new perspective on plant–insect ...

Researchers have discovered that plants benefit from a greater variety of interactions with pollinators and herbivores. Plants that are pollinated by insects and have to defend themselves against ...

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 ...

New study shows that plants evolve in under five years, but extreme heat still pushes many populations toward extinction.

An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable genetic phenomenon in lycophytes, which are similar to ferns and among the oldest land plants. Their study reveals that these plants ...

Sex determination in dioecious plants, where male and female functions are segregated into distinct individuals, is governed by a remarkable diversity of genetic and developmental mechanisms. Recent ...

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

New research solves a mystery as to why mitochondria in some plants evolve faster than others. The University of Texas at Austin Evolution is a slow process occurring over many generations, but it can ...

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