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Small RNA-containing particles in ginger root are found to promote the growth of beneficial bacteria and alleviate colitis in mouse guts.

Researchers develop an app that can estimate the biological age of a rodent from its mug shot—and could give a boost to the science of human aging in the process.

With genetic tweaks, researchers can coax corn and other cereals to take in more iron, but sometimes the plants rebel.

In plants ranging from liverworts to wheat, parasitic water molds build intracellular structures analogous to the nutrient-exchanging structures of symbiotic fungi.

Pathogens appear to steal the metal from plants using the erratic motion of microscopic particles.

Internalizing the environment might be the next step in humans’ relationship with our planet.

Authors of a small study say the two abilities likely evolved in tandem.

Risks that pertain to all manner of new crops are often misattributed to genetic engineering. This distorts the public’s view of the technology.

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory researcher is fueled by curiosity about how one species’ genome can produce a wide variety of traits.

James Kirkham Ramsbottom saved Britain’s daffodil industry from a devastating parasite, only to be forgotten.

Forests are resilient, but researchers wonder if climate change will outpace their adaptations.

A growing branch of research on how plants use exosomes to interact with their environment is opening up a new field of plant biology.