By analysing herbarium specimens, scientists found new plants that take rare earth elements from the ground, which could help get more of these important metals in a more sustainable way.

Mareike Jezek introduces us to a fascinating research that promises to –literally– shed light on the functioning of plant cells.

Scientists used DNA to track how a group of tropical plants travelled across continents over millions of years and found that they were able to spread because they attracted a variety of animals to eat their fruits and excrete their seeds.

Exciting new research unveils the ecological and physiological secrets for different plants to thrive and coexist in an extreme tropical environment.

Scientists studied how genes are turned on and off during flower development in a group of plants with special spur structures on their flowers, finding evidence that duplication of a certain gene helped the evolution of these spurs for collecting nectar.

Floral scents play a delicate balancing act, appealing to pollinators while repelling herbivores.

New DNA screening method detects rare but concerning gene flow from garden roses to wild relatives.

Botanists have found willows in Italy so old that they were standing when Caesar crossed the Rubicon.

New research reveals plant leaf veins act as autonomous touch sensors, firing off rapid electrical signals when mechanically stimulated.

Scientists uncover how the amount of DNA and number of chromosome sets make certain plants genetic supervillains when they invade new regions.

Scientists find that common floral compounds become more toxic to butterflies at higher temperatures, complicating projections of climate change impacts.

Scientists wield CRISPR to gene hack Venus flytraps, revealing trigger hair genes assist but don't solely account for these crafty carnivores' snapping traps.