Beneath the rough/choppy/tumultuous waves of the Bay of Bengal, a kaleidoscope of marine life thrives just 8-12 km off ...

A new discovery by scientists could help protect crop production and reduce plant mortality due to drought, which accounts for a quarter of U.S. crop production losses.

Since the year of my birth, 1951, vast ice shelves have collapsed, glaciers have retreated and terrestrial habitat is under pressure. Remote polar tourism, which (in Antarctica’s case ...

Fujita collected seeds from purslane plants at 10 urban sites in Tokyo—including the one near the public bathroom—and from rice paddies and fields at 10 sites outside the city. After growing ...

Marine Charophyceae fossils from the Upper Ordovician confirm that morphological innovations key to the evolution of terrestrial flora predate the emergence of land plants. A pangenome of the ...

After rebounding in recent decades due to conservation efforts, the number of once-imperiled peregrine falcons in the U.S. has been dropping again in some places due to the bird flu that has ...

Establishing a strong, drought-resistant garden is about more than just picking the right plants. It's important to choose native plants well-suited to your local climate if you want your garden ...

the invasive plant can often outcompete native plants in many areas because of its impressive seed production. This can disrupt vulnerable ecosystems and lead to habitat loss for insects and animals ...

A former professional baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers and native of Yosano in Kyoto Prefecture recently returned to his roots -- this time in a rice field. Yoshio Itoi, whose physical prowess ...

The ERECTA family of receptors (ERfs), encoding leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs), can regulate multiple aspects of plant development and abiotic stress responses. The rice (Oryza ...