The Not So Secret Life of Plants” features 50 paintings from 33 artists in the Orlando Science Center’s Fusion: A STEAM ...

The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.

For more than a hundred years, scientists have studied the strange partnership between ants and seeds. In this relationship, ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.

It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

When you study plant sciences, you get hands-on experience with plants and agriculture, experience that can lead to a lucrative, rewarding career and a healthier planet for us all. The combination of ...

Despite waning plant-based milk sales – which dropped for the first time in years in 2025 to $2.9 billion, a 4.4% decrease ...

Archeologists can tell quite a bit about ancient human life from plant fossils–dietary preferences, farming techniques, and even which sports were popular.Now, an international team of ...

In the plant, then, lysine gets converted to pipecolic acid, and then this enzyme converts it to P6C, or Δ1-piperideine-6-carboxylic acid, yet another step in the lysine catabolism pathway.

Xingbo Wu is a rising star in the field of horticulture sciences, as recognized by the American Society for Horticultural ...

Put simply, the plants may be reacting to each new day in the same way that many animals do. We have natural circadian rhythms that keep us in check, making sure we wake up in the morning and feel ...