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Defects in the response to fire-generated karrikins turn out to be responsible for root anomalies that were previously ascribed to other plant hormones.

A museum sample of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian crop plant yields genomic information that helps researchers track the plant’s domestication and migration.

The plant geneticist has revolutionized researchers’ understanding of how light affects plant growth and development, and is engineering plants to combat climate change.

Hand weeding of fields spurred an interloper to evolve a rice-like appearance, researchers conclude.

To avoid wasting digestive energy, the plant only seals shut after sensing certain prey movements.

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.