Leaves, essential for photosynthesis and other physiological functions, exhibit diverse shapes that help plants adapt to ...

A food plant exploded Tuesday afternoon in Kentucky — sending a massive boom across the area and possibly trapping people ...

Texas Commission on Environmental Health and Quality indicated in certain instances that trees, brush, grass, leaves, branch ...

An explosion at a chemical facility in Louisville, Kentucky Tuesday afternoon left at least 11 people hospitalized, officials ...

When it blooms, this stinky flower releases chemicals that smell like rotting flesh to attact pollinators, such as carrion ...

Leaves can transform poor soil as they decompose into humus. Humus increases the soil's CEC allowing it to retain fertilizer ...

Some foliage plants surprise in spring rather than fall. Siberian bugloss (Brunnera), for instance, is beloved for its ...

Mimicry in animals is a common form of protection from predators. For instance, two distasteful or toxic butterflies may ...

We have seen a recent surge of interest in whether it’s possible to grow potatoes and other plants in Martian soil, but what ...

Two small molecules that are produced by the plant Arabidopsis thaliana are shown to have the opposite effect on how fast its ...

The staghorn sumac is a sensory delight, from its toothed leaf edges to its fuzzy fruit and young stems. Though it is related ...

A research team has developed a novel method for reconstructing the 3D edges of leaves using advanced deep learning and image ...