Tiny soil animals survive harsh desert conditions, revealing hidden life and climate driven survival strategies underground.

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first glance. Its knobby flower stalks look more like a mushroom than a flowering ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan and Imtiyaz Khanday have already moved on to maize, millets. ‘What works with rice is potentially ...

A new study shows that resilient and remarkably diverse populations of organisms can persist in the soil despite harsh and ...

Elm zigzag sawflies can munch on plants beyond their preferred elm trees when foliage isn't available, a new study suggests ...

Life beneath the surface of one of the driest places on Earth may be far more complex than once believed. Researchers have found that soil can support surprisingly robust and varied forms of life even ...

A new study shows that resilient and remarkably diverse populations of organisms can persist in the soil despite harsh and extremely dry conditions ...

Plants make substances called alkaloids to protect themselves, and humans have long taken advantage of these chemicals, using ...

Genlisea, or the “corkscrew” carnivorous plant, doesn’t wait above ground to hunt. Here’s how it traps tiny prey right ...

University of Warwick researchers discover rapid, jasmonate-driven, early immune response in plants using breakthrough ...

Signals transmitted via leaves can warn neighboring plants of stressful events, making the group collectively more resilient ...