April 2024) Spanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time from BBC Radio 4 is essential listening ...

If plants had never learned to grow in multiple directions, our world would look very different. No trees, flowers, or other ...

An international team of researchers, including three New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) scientists, used genetic code from more than 9,500 flowering plant species to create the most detailed ...

Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ancestor that ...

The clubmosses and their relatives are the most ancient group of vascular plants — plants with specialized tissue called xylem that transports water and nutrients throughout the plant. The only plant ...

Scientists found a special protein in moss. This protein helped plants grow upwards and move from water to land millions of ...

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified a previously unknown protein that may help explain how plants ...