Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns ...

Hornworts are the only land plants with a pyrenoid-based CO 2-concentrating mechanism. This study presents evidence that some of the key components in algal pyrenoid-based CO 2-concentrating ...

The world may need to start thinking differently about plants, according to a report in the journal Science by researchers who took a fresh look at spore-like microfossils with characteristics that ...

Researchers at the University of Southampton have proposed that some wild plant species possess certain attributes which make ...

Made up of tiny threads known as cellulose microfibrils, plant cell walls are important for regulating a plant's growth and ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns can evolve ‘backward.’ ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns can evolve “backward” ...

“Evolution has no finish line. There is no end goal, no final state,” writes Jacob Suissa, Assistant Professor of Plant Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee, for a piece in The ...

Scientists have long sought ways to help plants turn more carbon dioxide (CO2) into biomass, which could boost crop yields and even combat climate change. Recent research suggests that a group of ...