The plant was first spotted near a popular picnic site within a forest. But subsequent surveys have found fewer than 20 ...

A Washington State University study found that plants have feelings and can distinguish when touch starts and stops. “Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets ...

More families are choosing plant-based diets for their children, but are children’s nutritional needs being adequately met?

Tomato and tobacco plants make distinctive sounds when cut or dehydrated, a new study has found. Those sounds change depending on the plant emitting them and the type and severity of the threat that ...

In the heart of California’s Death Valley, summer temperatures soar past 120°F (49°C). But while most life quickly collapses, ...

INSECT LAB — Rupesh Kariyat inspects Petri dishes with rice leaves and fall armyworms at his lab on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Plant life is a hard life when ...

Plants have an extraordinary ability to sense tissue damage and quickly rebuild their protective outer layers, a process ...

A new study has identified the genetic underpinnings of adaptive strategies adopted by major plant lineages in a naturally harsh environment. These strategies that include the enrichment of ...

The research shows that the Joseph's Coat plant possesses the ability to reduce inflammation, relieve pain, and provide ...

Before we all carried computers in our pockets, the best way to identify wild plants and animals was to consult a physical field guide. Now, nature enthusiasts have easy access to a plethora of phone ...

In 1989, NASA and a landscaping trade group studied a dozen plants and their ability to reduce toxins from the air of a sealed chamber. Researchers did not study what would happen if humans were in ...