University of Alberta research is showing how trees and fungi team up to survive and stay healthy against insect attacks—an ...

When pollinators visit flowers, they produce various sounds, from wing flapping during hovering, to landing and takeoff. Scientists studied these vibroacoustic signals to develop noninvasive and ...

Ammonia is a chemical essential to many agricultural and industrial processes, but it’s mode of production comes with an ...

When pollinators visit flowers, they produce a variety of characteristic sounds, from wing flapping during hovering, to ...

Trees may forgo photosynthesis if they can’t absorb enough water overnight, revealing how drought reshapes their daily ...

"Almost every single land plant is using this principle." Scientists are shooting plants with lasers to unravel mysteries of ...

Plants have small pores on the underside of their leaves, known as stomata. When the sun rises, these pores open and the ...

The late artist Ruth Asawa regularly drew the bouquets people gave her. Years later, some of the sketches made it back to ...

50 seeds each from the wild type and positive rice lines were selected. The seeds underwent a series of surface sterilization steps, involving a 30 s∼1.5 min soak in 75% alcohol, followed pouring out ...

“I think initially I wanted to make life eternal,” Malnoë, associate professor of biology and principal investigator of the lab, said. Now, after completing a bachelor’s in agronomical sciences, ...

Plant cell biology is the study of all aspects of plant cells. It is particularly concerned with structure, growth, division, signalling, differentiation and death of plant cells. Large-scale ...

Kids say and draw the darndest things ... While open to interpretation, the blue could represent the abundant water and plant life that makes life on Earth possible. ‘Squiggles’ by Brooks ...