“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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Science writer David Berreby shares his personal journey with griefbots and discusses how they can offer unexpected comfort, insight and connection in the wake of loss. Kendra Pierre-Louis steps in as ...

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 ...

In plants, de novo synthesis of all three basic amino acids (Arg, His and Lys) occurs entirely in the plastid stroma. Therefore, export of these essential primary metabolites via membrane-intrinsic ...