The warming world has disrupted the timing for plant and animal reproduction, and it's usually bad news for species that ...

In the deep ocean, where sunlight never reaches, and food drifts down like confetti, survival is less about speed and more about strategy. Take, for example, the tripod fish, a creature that can swim ...

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The 4-H program offers more than 200 projects, but if youth want to explore a topic not on the list, they can create their ...

Plants make chemical weapons to protect themselves, and many of these compounds have become vital to human medicine. Researchers found that one powerful plant chemical is produced using a gene that ...

For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter of survival—and new research shows how flowers do it is more intriguing than ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: Chondrichthyan fishes—a group that includes rays, skates, chimaeras, and sharks—are thought to have energy intensive reproduction cycles due in no ...

Deception and intrigue are not limited to people or even animals. Plants, too, have evolved ways to fool their pollinators, their enemies and even the organisms that disperse their seeds. Now an ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction. Their plastid genomes shrank dramatically in a shared ancestor, yet the ...

Gardening has long been a popular way to connect with nature and unwind from daily pressures. Whether you tend to a small indoor plant or a full outdoor garden, the simple act of nurturing living ...