If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...

New research uncovers reversal of evolution in island plants. On the younger, volcanic islands of the Galápagos, wild tomato ...

For a plant, life in Argentina’s Monte Desert is hard enough. ... Scientists study plant restoration in Argentina’s deserts. Claudia Geib. 17 Mar 2025 Argentina. Comments Share article.

Vanilla flavoring is widely used in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The primary source, Vanilla planifolia, however, is ...

A new study revealed certain plants grow "secret" deep root systems to survive tough conditions and quietly trap carbon ...

She says that one day, sober, she was walking around her garden and heard, in her head, a plant suggest that she start studying plants. In 2010, she travelled to Peru for the first time to work ...

Through the study, scientists highlight a problem in studying ancient plant fossils, especially of plants that lived less than 65 million years ago.

Understanding how plants respond to these changes is crucial for assessing their adaptive potential and identifying new targets for future plant engineering. By studying historical plant samples from ...

For a decade, scientists have believed that plants sensed temperature mainly through specialized proteins, and mainly at ...

Plants and trees send their roots into the ground to soak up water and nutrients from the soil. Until now, scientists ...

University of California Riverside research reveals plants use sugar and thermal signals to detect daytime heat.

Reis and other scientists study the plants' effects on rodent and human brains. They also study synthetic drug compounds approved as medical treatments to gain a better understanding of how these ...