In one of the hottest landscapes on Earth, a modest desert shrub is quietly rewriting what I thought plants could endure. By ...

Each fall, green leaves transform into the reds, yellows, and oranges of the season. But, why? Here's what to know.

Life in places like California’s Death Valley pushes everything to its limit. Temperatures rise past 120 degrees Fahrenheit.

Japan's shaded forests hide ghostly white plants, thriving without sunlight. These unique flora rely entirely on underground fungal networks, drawing nutrients from tree roots. A study in Annals of ...

Spraying reflective particles into the upper atmosphere to cool the planet by blocking sunlight won't save luxury crops.

Researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station have identified genetic mechanisms in rice that can help ...

Carnivorous plants of the genus Pinguicula (butterworts) from Mexico apparently use the same water-saving photosynthesis type ...

Leaf vasculature plays a pivotal role in nutrient transport and leaf morphology. A new study in Brassica rapa reveals the ...

Deep in Japan’s ancient forests, where sunlight struggles to pierce the dense canopy, grows a cluster of translucent white blossoms that seem almost otherworldly. Known as ghost flowers, these ...

The ability of sacoglossan sea slugs to sequester and maintain functional algal chloroplasts – a process known as kleptoplasty – has long fascinated researchers. This phenomenon enables the slugs to ...