Homeowners who have upgraded their lawn to drought-tolerant, native plant species like buffalo grass or clover have reported ...

Some plants bend the rules of plant life so far that they barely resemble plants at all. Balanophora is one of them - a ...

Winter may look like a quiet timeout for the garden, but beneath the surface it’s more like a survival reality show packed ...

As typical crop yields shrink in the face of drought, growing and distilling agave may be a sustainable solution ...

Prize recognizes Venkatesan Sundaresan and Imtiyaz Khanday’s work marking a breakthrough for sustainable agriculture ...

Rosatom’s Breakthrough Project nears completion of the world’s first industrial closed fuel cycle for fast neutron reactors ...

Beavers, earthworms, prairie dogs, elephants, and more don't just live in ecosystems, they reshape them to the benefit of ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan and Imtiyaz Khanday have already moved on to maize, millets. ‘What works with rice is potentially ...

In Indigenous Asháninka belief, bees were once spirits in human form. Stories tell of a woman who enjoyed making masato, a ...

A paper published by URI researchers reveals key mechanisms in speciation in corals. Critically threatened by climate change, a better understanding of coral biology will help efforts to conserve and ...