When you admire a towering oak or a vibrant maple in your backyard, you’re only seeing half the picture. Beneath the surface ...

What makes plants grow to a certain size? From the tiniest cells to whole leaves, roots, and stems, growth has to be carefully coordinated—but until now, it has been hard to compare findings from ...

We're deep into fall here in northern Illinois, and a thick layer of leaves crunch underfoot. While many of us are gearing up ...

In the Panamanian rainforest, scientists found the first known plant species to transform decaying tissue into a new source of nutrients. By Douglas Main In the rainforests of western Panama, the ...

An international study presents the first global assessment of blue carbon accumulated in the living parts of seagrass plants ...

Fruits and vegetables have some differences, including their cooking uses and how they're defined as plants. They are both ...