Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...
Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant's novel strategy helps it spread without ...
The biology of Antarctic species is very different; warm things up by just a degree or so, and they could emerge into a very ...
Iguanas are not just common in Florida, they are officially classified as an invasive species. They damage infrastructure, ...
Some seeds are patented, meaning that farmers must pay fees to large multinational corporations in order to use them.
Right now, multiple states are battling a tiny insect that’s threatening cotton crops in our country, including here in Texas ...
At any scale, invasive species can burden their new ecosystems. Feral pigs sustain harmful digging and foraging habits that ...
ATRIMED today shared an update on a long running research effort led in part by physician scientist Dr. Latha Damle, whose ...
How do seedless grapes grow if they have no seeds? Seedless grapes don’t reproduce naturally by seed. They actually do contain seeds at some point, but they never form hard, outer ...
Plants have their own survival strategies that have worked for millions of years, but gardeners constantly interfere trying ...
Traditional treatments like pesticides can be costly to deploy and risk poisoning the soil, preventing other plants from ...
Elm zigzag sawflies can munch on plants beyond their preferred elm trees when foliage isn't available, a new study suggests ...