“Many people equate plants with photosynthesis, yet Balanophora illustrates that being a plant does not require being green,” ...

Scientists have long known that mutations in certain genes affecting microtubules in plants can cause plants to grow in a twisting manner. In most cases, these are “null mutations,” meaning the ...

A study reveals that the Latin American jatobá plant has powerful anti-inflammatory compounds in its bark, leaves, and seeds.

From morning glories spiraling up fence posts to grape vines corkscrewing through arbors, twisted growth is a problem-solving ...

CREW Carbon, a startup founded in New Haven, is betting that adding limestone to wastewater could turn dirty water into a ...

The governor’s office and local environmental groups said they were examining the Trump administration order and may fight it ...

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

Russia’s declaration that it intends to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon within the next decade is not merely a ...

Soil contamination by cadmium is a growing global challenge that threatens food safety, agricultural productivity, and ...

In lab experiments and field studies, the team tracked the beetles with fluorescent dyes as they moved from cone to cone. They found the beetles visited the warmest regions of the pollen cones, ...

The Trump administration's decision to pause five offshore wind projects due to "national security concerns" will have ...

We tend to think of plants as passive, vulnerable actors. But in their partnership with insects, it’s plants that often play ...