A bee crawls into the flower of morning glory. Sasha Bishop, a recent graduate of University of MIchigan researcher Regina Baucom, studied t...

The fruits of the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) are a very important food in Amazonia. Parts of the domesticated palm species are also used ...

Plants give heat the "finger": When plants become stressed by high temperatures or drought, protrusions form inside the cells, tri...

The study examined biodiversity across many regions of Europe. In this picture, researchers are conducting research in the Bjelasica Mountai...

Led by Chinese collaborator Dr Yanfen Zheng, a new study shows how naturally occurring soil bacteria can dramatically boost plants’ ability ...

Christopher Grefen and Khushbu Kumari are conducting laboratory research into how plants develop stomata. Photo Credit: © RUB, Marquard Scie...

The moss Polytrichum juniperinum showing red stalked sporophyte offspring growing on the parent plants Photo Credit: Des O'Callaghan Sci...

Petals that Reflect: Parabolic Surface Structures in the Hardy Ice Plant Microscopic parabolic ridges in the hardy ice plant’s petals create...

Pebble-like rhodoliths, which form a hidden seaweed ecosystem, collected from a depth of 38 m in the waters off Tanegashima Island, Kagoshim...

Dr Viet-Cuong Han, from the Centre for Crop and Disease Management Photo Credit: Courtesy of Curtin University Scientific Frontline: Extende...

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which plants detect hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), a key signaling molecule involved...

Botrytis cinerea is a widespread necrotrophic fungal pathogen. Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: Extend...

Staining of suberin deposits in the roots of five-day-old Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings, observed using fluorescence microscopy. The signal...

Photosynthesis measurement on the Clusia minor tree. Under stressful conditions, this tree 'switches' to CAM photosynthesis. Under f...

Induction of gemma (clonal propagule) formation via the activation of GEMMIFER gene. (left) Whole plant image. (right) Magnified view of gem...

Confocal microscopy of Arabidopsis plants expressing NAC53 fused to GFP. Image Credit: © Suayb Üstün Scientific Frontline: Extended "At...

Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The Evolutionary Origin of...

Warming experiments including B4WarmED, which is shown here and operated by the University of Minnesota, enabled a new analysis led by the U...

Suayb Üstün and Manuel González-Fuente (right) want to learn more about the immune system of plants. Photo Credit: © RUB, Kramer Scientific ...

In experiments with rice seeds submerged in water, MIT researchers found that the sound of falling droplets shook the seeds out of a dormant...