Plants shape Earth’s atmosphere by moving carbon and water vapour. New research sheds light on how they learned to do it – ...

On this week's episode: is our universe inside a black hole, Antarctic explorers, tracking teenaged turtles, and ...

Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ancestor that ...

Intricate regulation of gene expression is important for execution of biology processes. Here, the authors generate a comprehensive map of accessible chromatin by integrating the ATAC-seq data of ...

according to a report in the journal Science by researchers who took a fresh look at spore-like microfossils with characteristics that challenge our conventional understanding about the evolution of ...

A recent study by Chinese scientists has revealed the intricate molecular machinery driving energy exchange within ...

Our new Evolution Garden in front of our iconic building includes lots of plants like those found in the Jurassic and Cretaceous, as well as rocks and fossils from those periods. As you wander through ...

and plant evolution, diversity and conservation. Thomas R. Horton; [email protected] mycorrhizal plant ecology, molecular ecology, ecology, fungal communities, mycology, fire ecology Robin W. Kimmerer; ...

In natural and agricultural ecosystems, omnivorous insects are omnipresent. Whether they are 'true omnivores' that require both plant and prey resources to complete their life-cycle, 'herbivores ...