A study has traced thousands of conserved regulatory elements back 300 million years, revealing deep principles of plant ...
More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...
Scientists discover that fast-changing cactus flowers, not size or pollinators, are behind the rapid evolution of new cactus species.
Behind the stillness of desert landscapes, cacti appear to be changing in unexpected ways. The cactus on your windowsill may ...
My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...
The history of the first plant on Earth is not as simple as the identification of a particular species of plants, but it is a ...
Researchers have discovered that plants benefit from a greater variety of interactions with pollinators and herbivores. Plants that are pollinated by insects and have to defend themselves against ...
An international team of researchers, including three New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) scientists, used genetic code from more than 9,500 flowering plant species to create the most detailed ...
C4 photosynthesis represents a striking example of convergent evolution, where multiple plant lineages have independently modified an ancestral C3 pathway to enhance carbon fixation efficiency. This ...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...
The blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. With its putrid stench, ...
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