A world-first study reveals an acoustic interaction between plants and insects. In the study, the team focused on female ...

Imagine a prairie. How many plant species do you see? Maybe you're picturing yellow coneflowers, some little bluestem, ...

To meet the increasing global demand for biofuels, scientists are already modifying plant genes to boost the amount of plant oil being produced. That’s because inside the plant, a complex network of ...

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.

The hominins who lived at Gantangqing lived a heavily plant-based subsistence lifestyle. They had access to meat, and also ...

We have excellent teaching, research, and outreach programs in the areas of plant biology (cellular, genetics, genomics, microbial, molecular and physiology), agronomy (including pathology, soil ...

There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University said on Tuesday, opening ...

Caitlin Nuclo, Tracey McCain, Scott Gagliardi, and Caitlin Francis have the news, weather, and traffic for the morning of ...

While plants often have mutually beneficial relationships with insects, a tuber in Fiji grows separate compartments for ...

High in Fiji’s rainforest, the ant plant Squamellaria grows swollen tubers packed with sealed, single-door “apartments.” ...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences has received approval from the UW Board of Regents to introduce new master’s and Ph.D. programs in plant science and ...

By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.