Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist and founder of genetics, poses for a photograph circa 1860. Between 1856-1863, Mendel bred almost ...

In a world that's getting hotter and experiencing stronger droughts and heatwaves, sunburn is becoming an increasing threat to the wellbeing of plants. Whether indoors or outdoors, sunburn can be ...

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Inside the Venus flytrap’s two-lobed trap are specialized trigger hairs that act as mechanosensory structures. When an insect ...

For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that plants will not be able to evolve fast enough to adapt to a rapidly warming ...

One of the most fascinating discoveries in biology is that cells have mechanisms for dynamically regulating genetic expression. This ability to promote or restrict the transcription of specific genes ...

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Microbes growing on flowers have adverse effects on their fruit yields. This is why plants are quick to shed their flowers, reveals a new study involving both field experiments and plant microbiome ...

The popular idea of trees sending messages to one another through a forest is fascinating, but scientists caution against ...