Astrobiologists planted garden cress seeds and cultured dishes of photosynthetic bacteria under lights designed to simulate the light of a star called a K-dwarf.

A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed ...

Paleobotanist Dana Royer says there is evidence the planet will heal but it takes millions of years to recover. And each ...

Experts have revealed the origins of a unique DNA duplication mechanism that grants plants additional ways to control genetic instructions.

SYDNEY: Islands have long intrigued explorers and scientists. These isolated environments serve as natural laboratories for understanding how species evolve and adapt. Islands are also centres of ...

Since 2015, students from across the USA have been partnering with scientists at NASA to advance research on growing plants in space, ultimately to feed astronauts on long-distance space missions, as ...

Iceland’s Transition Labs and UK-based Space Solar are developing a solar plant in space that is expected to power 1,500 to 3 ...

A Chinese satellite has returned to Earth after spending two weeks in orbit conducting experiments on plant mutation, as the country looks to space to enhance its agricultural crops. Shijian-19 ...

Learn how this Pennsylvania company aims to raise awareness about native plants while building up the industry through ...

In world-first research published in Nature today, my colleagues and I counted and mapped the diversity of plant life on Earth’s islands. We found 21% of the world’s total plant species are ...

A study in Nature reveals that islands, covering just 5.3% of the planet's land, harbor 21% of the world's plant biodiversity. Urgent conservation action is needed as island plants face extinction ...