The Plants to Pixels project empowers botany buffs everywhere to make meaningful contributions to science anytime. Here's how: Transcribe: If available, enter the following pieces of specimen data ...

Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, found in large quantities in soil. While Si is not essential for land plants, many plants, such as rice and grasses, have used Si to develop ...

Countless plants, animals, fungi and microbes live in forests, so when these forests are destroyed, the wildlife can't survive. The same is true for many human communities living in forests ...

Gene expression is an essential process that happens inside cells to translate genetic information into usable products such as proteins that are important for the development, structure ...

In contrast to animals, plants continuously generate new organs throughout their lifespan. This developmental plasticity requires a strict temporal and spatial control of the cell cycle.

Many types of commercially-produced fertilizers will make note of animal manure they contains. The problem is that manure can also carry disease, fungus, and other pathogens. Some of these cells ...

More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, subsist on plant-based diets. Since plants are typically low in calories, herbivorous creatures can already find it ...

This creature's large fangs earned it the name Hylomys macarong, or vampire hedgehog – a new species of soft-furred hedgehog identified in 2024 (Credit: Alexei V Abramov) Thousands of new ...

From the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the mountains of Vietnam, thousands of weird and wonderful new plants, animals and fungi have been discovered all over the world this year. Whether they are ...

Dive into the fascinating world of DIY with our step-by-step guide to creating your very own carnivorous plant! Justin Baldoni releases unedited 'It Ends With Us' footage featuring Blake Lively ...

A collaborative study led by Piao Shilong's team and Zhang Yao's team from the Institute of Carbon Neutrality at Peking University reveals the distinct mechanisms by which plants and animals respond ...