It may sound counterintuitive, but school gardens can offer students fertile ground to learn about technology, from using ...

Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...

The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.

Interactive activities, animal encounters and hands-on fun will bring science to life at Brevard Zoo this summer.

Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is a major mechanism of genome evolution across the tree of life and is ...

A team of researchers led by Prof. Wang Wei from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has ...

Discover the secrets to cultivating a massive basil plant that thrives year-round and stays healthy for years! In this video, we share expert tips on creating the perfect environment for your ...

The film discusses the essential needs for plant growth, highlighting the importance of water, light, minerals, air, and warmth. It presents various experiments demonstrating how these elements ...

Life sciences student Lim Yi He, who has taken many botany classes in NUS, is glad that the university will offer the minor because it highlights the importance of studying plants.

Many plants that appear in the King James Version never grew in Palestine. Rye, for instance, is a cold-climate crop. The “rie” of the Bible is probably spelt, a primitive relative of wheat.

With his Ph.D. in urban ecology, he isn’t a botany professor by name. Yet he teaches plant content, including those valuable plant-identification skills. “You don’t necessarily need to be ...