Scientists have discovered a new way plants sense heat. Plants use sunlight, sugar, and internal signals. This helps them ...

The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.

Scientists at the University of Helsinki discovered how plants heal their protective outer layer, the periderm. The diffusion ...

In our weekly column, Quick Bites, we round up the latest developments in the alt-protein and sustainable food industry.

A specimen of a jewelflower (Streptanthus brewerii) from the John M. Tucker Herbarium at UC Davis. Species of jewelflowers are found in areas of California that are generally cooler and wetter than ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...