A preprint paper published on bioRxiv shows that some living things engage in biofluorescence at a wavelength that humans can ...

Discover the astonishing world of plants that mimic animal behavior. From carnivorous sundews and Venus flytraps trapping ...

More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants are a low ...

Su, Minqiang She, Yuanhang Deng, Ming Guo, Yongqing Li, Yaokun Liu, Guangbin Zhang, Hui Sun, Baoli and Liu, Dewu 2023. The Effect of Capsaicin on Growth Performance ...

Many cultures worldwide held feasts and celebrated holidays around the winter solstice. Many cultures lit bonfires to strengthen the expiring sun. For plants and animals — including humans — the ...

Dec. 4, 2024 — The discovery of a unique case where the same insect species both pollinate a plant and distribute its seeds not only solves a long-standing botanical mystery. The find also ...

Plants, often perceived as passive, exhibit surprising adaptations mirroring animal behavior. From carnivorous sundews and parasitic witchweed to heat-generating skunk cabbage and deceptive ...

“Not only is there variation across species, there’s variation across latitudes in the rate of global warming. Climate is ...

PETA has said it would like to take over a Tyson Foods meat processing plant when it closes in 2025 to convert it into an ...

30, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a new mechanism of oil biosynthesis and found a way to genetically engineer a type of test plant to more ... bacteria to grow animal- and plastic-free ...