Root pruning from corn rootworm can cause significant yield loss, up to 15% yield loss for every node pruned back to 1.5" of ...

Humans like plants. We like seeing them change the color of their leaves throughout the year. They connect us to nature even ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

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If you’ve ever owned a spider plant, you’ll know they love making babies. They do it with pride, presenting their offspring on the end of a long structure called a stolon. New research suggests that ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of ...

Both crises share common roots and solutions, researchers say. The same global food system that is fueling rising obesity rates is also accelerating climate change, according to a sweeping new ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

Other year-end selections are much larger than a zombie mushroom. In Peru, researchers described an acanth shrub that reaches ...

Susanne Hammel-Sawyer knew almost nothing about the traditions of her Chumash ancestors until she was 70. Today she is one of ...

Long-overlooked documents housed at London's Natural History Museum testify to the exchange of information between ...