As temperatures increase and snowpack declines, many alpine plants are at risk of extinction. Though adapted to harsh ...

Grants from the estate of Pasco L. Schiavo totaling $220,000 will help display murals showing the story of Hazleton, develop hands-on science projects for middle school students and construct ...

Imagine biting into a crisp, garden-fresh salad and savoring juicy strawberries for dessert. But instead of your backyard, ...

Purdue University researchers found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical ...

To see, Fujita’s team turned to Physcomitrium patens, a well-studied species moss commonly called spreading earthmoss. They put the moss into a simulated space environment with high levels of ...

Harvesters reported a variety of reasons for collecting mushrooms. Many collected morels and chanterelles to eat, and species ...

Some plants stay healthy even when a key nutrient drops. New research explains the root and cell tricks that help plants ...

Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the headline finding of a landmark, international study led by Trinity College ...

The latest idea is based on osmosis, a natural process in which water will move from a place with lower concentration of, for ...

In addition, the incorrect interpretation of what a species is interferes with the assessment of their threat status, i.e how ...

Observations submitted by members of the public through iNaturalist can aid land managers in identifying and locating noxious ...

Jagadish Chandra Bose pioneered early radio-wave detection and plant physiology, yet refused to patent his work, believing knowledge should be kept open for all. His science blended curiosity, ethics ...