Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume enough energy to meet their needs. Now climate change is reducing the nutritional value of some foods that ...

Discover how botanic gardens worldwide are striving to combat plant extinction through innovation, collaboration, and ...

Lush, green plants have the power to transform a space, imparting character, warmth and charm. And there is no space I can ...

Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of natural sciences Clare Brown studies the herbarium sheets Hundreds of thousands of "antique" plants and ... of how climate change and local biodiversity ...

Comparing the entries to data from today could draw an unprecedented picture of how climate change has affected when plants bloom over the last century and a half. So Crimmins teamed with Robert ...

The findings will be useful in creating more robust, climate change-fighting plants. Plants may burrow into the ground and stretch toward the sun, but they're ultimately stuck where they sprout ...

As the climate shifts, plants and animals ... to consider germination timing when forecasting how plant communities might adapt or change in the future. This research is part of an ongoing effort ...

Chemical resistance is another area where human influence is clear. The widespread use of pesticides and antibiotics has ...

drought and climate change. The research, led by Dr. Gabriele Nocchi, Ph.D., is a first look at whether distantly related plant species—from sunflowers to poplars—use the same genes to adapt ...