Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves unfurl. This dramatic transformation is a clear signal for us to reach for the ...

Scientists have discovered that a crucial protein found in plants, called auxin response factor (ARF) first arose about 600 ...

A surprisingly trend was that we saw genetic diversity declining even among” many species that aren’t considered at risk, ...

Most animal, plant and fungal cells contain organelles called mitochondria. These descendants of a primordial bacterial ...

Brian Larkins, an internationally recognized plant biologist and former University of Nebraska-Lincoln administrator, died at ...

Brian Larkins, the former associate vice chancellor of life sciences at UNL, was a pioneer in the field of plant molecular ...

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich have for the first time investigated how protein structures derived from fava beans affect a ...

Iowa State University scientists recently made a significant breakthrough in scientists’ ability to identify specific ...

Some animals have evolved the mind-blowing ability to freeze solid for years and then come back to life as if nothing happened! From frozen frogs to ice-defying insects, these creatures have ...