It stands metres high, takes a decade to flower, smells like death and draws huge crowds when it blooms. But scientists are ...

Flowers use an invisible blueprint established early in petal formation that dictates the size of their "bullseyes", which ...

One of the most fascinating discoveries in biology is that cells have mechanisms for dynamically regulating genetic ...

A DNA sequencer analyzed and isolated each plant’s genetic information, and a group of scientists and experts in the field of Paleogenomics — or the DNA of extinct and ancient species — helped to ...

It is hard to protect something if you don't know where it is. Yet many people who study and want to safeguard native plants ...

Plant scientists have identified a protein that plays a previously unknown role in controlling cell differentiation and determining gender in vascular plants, using a fern model. The discovery ...

Guinea grass is a highly flammable invasive plant species, which greatly contributed to the Maui wildfires. The species is ...

Purdue University plant scientists have identified a protein that plays a previously unknown role in controlling cell ...

One of the most fascinating discoveries in biology is that cells have mechanisms for dynamically regulating genetic expression.

Bumblebees collect pollen by various methods. Some types of flowers, such as potato plants, need tougher treatment to make ...