From birth, with a picture-perfect coat and a heart full of individuality: Pebbles is more than just an exceptionally beautiful cat. The combination of her fur colors and features is as genetically ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

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 ...

“My long-standing aim is to rethink what it truly means to be a plant,” Kenji Suetsugu, a botanist at Kobe University in ...

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

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

Tea plants are known for their ability to accumulate aluminum (Al), a trait that is beneficial for growth at optimal levels ...

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

Researchers have found a way to control protein levels inside different tissues of a whole, living animal for the first time.

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

Genetically Modified (GM) and Genome-Edited (GE) plants are opening exciting new possibilities for building sustainable agriculture. These technologies ...