This is generally true, including for the lettuce leaves we eat. However, the surface of a leaf is not just a shield – it is ...

Mangroves are special as they’re able to tolerate high amounts of salt and live along coasts, also protecting them against ...

A Delhi University (DU) study has found that the Capital’s toxic air could be detrimental to plant life, reducing chlorophyll ...

Vascular plants that moved back into the water did not simply shed complexity and shrink their genomes. New genomic work ...

The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 meters tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction ...

Animals help disperse seeds and spores for many plant and fungal species. This typically happens when animals eat the ...

A plant that looks like a fungus, lives like a parasite, and clones itself in the dark—Balanophora may be one of evolution’s ...

A fungus that evolved at Chernobyl and is now grown on the ISS, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, slightly reduced radiation ...

Researchers found potential evidence of tiny calcium structures, common in modern plant leaves for regulation & defense, in ...