Researchers from the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences (APES) have contributed significantly to a major ...

Vegetarian and vegan diets can support healthy growth when carefully planned with appropriate supplementation, finds a major ...

Aquatic plants are specialized evolutionary groups adapted to life in water. They play critical roles as food and medicinal ...

Trees may look still and silent, but they’re engaged in a constant, complex dialogue—through air, soil, and even electricity.

Drylands, which include some of the world’s most arid and semi-arid ecosystems, cover nearly half of Earth’s land surface and ...

Tomato and tobacco plants make distinctive sounds when cut or dehydrated, a new study has found. Those sounds change depending on the plant emitting them and the type and severity of the threat that ...

New research explores how plant-based diets affect children’s health, revealing heart benefits alongside risks of nutrient ...

Cycad cones aren’t always hot. Instead, they follow daily cycles of heating and cooling: Pollen-laden male cones produce a big burst of heat in the late afternoon, and then ovulating female cones warm ...

A major fire in January at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Moss Landing showered 55,000 pounds of toxic ...

Plants have been part of our diet as long as meat has, with new evidence showing that Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens and ...

An analysis reveals that India would gain billions by phasing out coal, reducing pollution, and accelerating its energy ...