To encourage children to plant and care for one tree is a hand-off of a little responsibility, a gesture of hope. It is a ...

Plants store carbon in two primary forms: starch and triacylglycerols (TAGs). Starch is mainly stored in chloroplasts in ...

Most gardeners have been out in their gardens for several weeks already. The rest are still searching for their gardens somewhere in their tall, inescapable maze of weeds. So that you can grow in ...

“We know from research that soybean cyst nematode (SCN) can interact with red crown rot. In fields with a high SCN ...

As Peruvian biologist Constantino Aucca Chutas sat chewing coca leaves with a local elder high in the Andes, his companion ...

I have I have several bird and plant identification tools on my phone, but none are as swift and easy to use as Google's ...

This spring break, transform your usual holiday into an educational excursion that connects your family with the natural ...

The connections students, faculty, and staff have been able to create through the plant sale have been ‘vital’, and we're thankful we've been able to carry out the mission of retired professor Roger ...

Like many spring wildflowers, the beaked hazelnut and the speckled alder, will be gone soon, so now is the time to look for ...

A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a surprising layer of diversity in tropical forests. Not only are the forests ...

The poodle-dog bush, with its lavender, bell-shaped flowers, can produce a painful rash for people who come in contact with ...