Rising sea levels along coastlines not only threaten populations, but also pose a danger to agricultural crops, which may be ...

Some plants stink of rotting meat or dung, which helps them attract flies for pollination. How plants make the carrion stench, which is usually produced by bacteria feasting on decaying corpses, has ...

Rather than helping each other out when they're attacked, plants may have to eavesdrop on each other to know when to launch their own defenses. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared. By Sofia Quaglia If a plant wants to reproduce, there are a number of tricks it can use to lure a pollinator insect. It can display gaudily ...

A new study reveals an evolutionary trade-off that young plants face to develop disease resistance. From toddlers in daycare to seedlings in forests, young organisms tend to get sick more easily than ...