Plant cuticles, comprising cutin and an array of wax compounds, serve as an essential barrier that regulates water loss, gas exchange and provides defence against environmental stressors. The ...

Researchers reveal that India’s sacred lotus can produce heat internally. This rare thermogenesis supports pollination, ...

Plants mobilize their immune defenses far earlier than scientists have believed for decades—and through a previously overlooked early signaling mechanism—according to a new study published in Nature ...

In Florida’s wetlands, the carnivorous pitcher plant is blurring the lines between predator and ally. Home to entire unique ecosystems, there are more to these ancient organisms than many realize. So ...

Author and University of Delaware professor Dr. Douglas Tallamy has been called the “godfather of the native-plant movement” for igniting what’s become the leading mantra in today’s gardening world.