Plants store 786 km³ water and cycle it back to the atmosphere in 5–18 days. New study reveals their critical role in the ...

A new study provides the first comprehensive global estimates of the amount of water stored in Earth's plants and the amount of time it takes for that water to flow through them. The information is a ...

If you like the smell of spring roses, the sounds of summer bird song, and the colors of fall foliage, you have the ...

Perennials are an essential part of landscapes, and understanding the life cycle of these plants is key to creating beautiful ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Itching to start your seedlings off to an early start, but ...

Do you know why plants are so smart? Because they have all the anthers. Plants amaze me; they’re simple and complex, all at the same time. They quietly and unassumingly go about their business ...

The California Public Utilities Commission has approved $722.6 million in ratepayer costs to cover the continued operation of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant ... extends the life of Diablo ...

If the soil feels dry, water. Do not allow plants to wilt before you water them. This stresses them and can cause leaf drop, flower bud drop or brown leaf edges. Apply water until some runs out ...

This improvement allowed the authors to predict how the timing of leaf and flower production ... growth cycles with observations made within the last decade for 18 plant species.

The observations represent the earliest effort organized under the Smithsonian Institution to monitor biological cycles in ... Given that plants produced leaves and flowers at a certain time ...

“Such mirror organisms would constitute a radical departure from known life, and their creation warrants ... who included experts in immunology, plant pathology, ecology, evolutionary biology ...