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 ...

Science paper divided into Biology, Chemistry, and Physics sections with detailed questions on plants, animals, genetics, ...

Trees may look still and silent, but they’re engaged in a constant, complex dialogue—through air, soil, and even electricity.

Some plants produce heat, which has long puzzled botanists. But a new study suggests that infrared radiation is an ancient ...

A plant that looks like a fungus, lives like a parasite, and clones itself in the dark—Balanophora may be one of evolution’s ...

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

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 ...

A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something ...

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

Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the ...

Escalating pollution and contamination of water and soil are emerging as serious threats to plant growth and its overall ...