“My long-standing aim is to rethink what it truly means to be a plant,” Kenji Suetsugu, a botanist at Kobe University in ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

Cycad cones aren’t always hot. Instead, they follow daily cycles of heating and cooling: Pollen-laden male cones produce a big burst of heat in the late afternoon, and then ovulating female cones warm ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of ...

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

Farmers are struggling to adapt to climate change and its challenges, but new research has some helpful advice.

While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...

If you've ever wondered which plants are growing in your backyard, these apps are for you. Whether you’re a gardener, ...

The apocarotenoid growth regulator zaxinone binds the Arabidopsis strigolactone receptor DWARF 14 (D14). Acting as a long-lasting antagonist, zaxinone interferes with signalling and induces ...

Nuclear energy is a form of energy released from the nucleus, the core of atoms, made up of protons and neutrons. This source of energy can be produced in two ways: fission – when nuclei of atoms ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number of ...