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The ChoanoVirus genome codes for rhodopsin, perhaps giving its choanoflagellate host extra energy-harvesting capabilities.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln entomologist wants to help pave the way for creating environmentally friendly tools to replace insecticides to control agricultural pests.

A handful of clinical trials are underway to find out whether drugs that target senescent cells can slow the ravages of old age.

The antimicrobial compounds ants excrete to defend themselves from pathogens may protect plants as well.

An analysis of the En Tibi herbarium’s plants and handwriting has given clues to the identity of its maker.

I have taken plants for granted. I pledge to change.

When X-linked genes evade silencing on the “inactive” chromosome in XX cells, some protect women from diseases such as cancer, but others seem to promote conditions such as autoimmunity.

Goldenrods that evolved in the presence of herbivores release volatile chemicals that trigger defenses in neighboring plants of their species, even those that are genetically unrelated.

The plant awareness revolution will be led by poets, philosophers, and hipsters; not just scientists.

As the salty Atlantic Ocean pushes farther inland, forests are turning to marsh. Some scientists want to speed the transition.

A study of the animals using blue light reveals what humans are not able to see with the naked eye.

Administration officials have given contradictory statements about how COVID-19 will affect the US, and it is not clear who is leading the infectious disease response effort, critics say.