A Brazilian researcher is using Taylor Swift's music videos to teach plant science, helping students overcome "plant ...

Kerala has come up with a sustainable model to tackle the water hyacinth menace that countries around the world have struggled to eliminate. A project to convert water hyacinth into value-added ...

The Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners welcomes environmental educator and biologist Lizzy Small on “From Soil to Songbirds: The Science Behind Native Plant Success” at the March 17 meeting at the ...

Plants have an immune system, like people, and when it is triggered by threats like disease or pests, a plant’s defenses are activated. But there’s a downside to this protective mechanism: The plant’s ...

For decades, the basics of plant growth have been taught in grade school: Plants make their food out of water from the soil, light from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air in a process called ...

Your Mother-in-law’s Tongue (Dracaena trifasciata) looks shrivelled and has floppy leaves. Although it is a drought-tolerant ...

San Jose, Livermore, Napa, Concord, and many other inland areas will be within reach of the 90° mark, which would either tie ...

Chris Brick writes, Standing up for science means recognizing the truth of climate, environmental, and health crises facing our communities – and seizing the real solutions we have in front of us.

It is possible to grow edible native plants in your yard without angering your neighbors and violating the rules of your HOA, ...

AI-driven material development and new additive manufacturing technology are accelerating new aluminum alloy, battery, and material processing innovations.

The soaring cost and limited supply of computer memory is slowing some projects — and spurring creative approaches.

Based only on jawbones, scientists have described a new salamander-like animal that would have been a “living fossil” for its ...