Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast Have you ever gone on vacation and forgot to water your plants—only to come ...

At first glance, this plant appears dry, curled, brittle and dead, resembling a lifeless tumbleweed abandoned in unforgiving desert landscapes. The moment water touches it, its leaves slowly unfurl, ...

Get into the spirit of the Halloween season with a talk about some of the creepiest plants around — resurrection plants. Can plants rise from the dead like zombies? Resurrection plants use a special ...

Some plants can survive months without water, only to turn green again after a brief downpour. A recent study shows that this is not due to a 'miracle gene.' Rather, this ability is a consequence of a ...

Desiccation tolerance was a critical adaptation for the colonization of land by early nonvascular plants. Resurrection plants have maintained or rewired these ancestral protective mechanisms, and ...

A new discovery by scientists could help protect crop production and reduce plant mortality due to drought, which accounts for a quarter of U.S. crop production losses. Water is essential for plants ...