When it comes to reproduction, plants have options. Some can fertilize themselves, while others rely on pollen from ...

Researchers have discovered that plants benefit from a greater variety of interactions with pollinators and herbivores. Plants that are pollinated by insects and have to defend themselves against ...

A new memorial analysis argues that Wilhelm Hofmeister's greatest legacy lies in founding the concept of evolutionary ...

An international team of scientists followed Arabidopsis thaliana, a small annual plant, in outdoor experiments across 30 ...

Over millions of years, flowering plants have evolved complex relationships with animals, fungi and bacteria. This created ...

Today (May 22) is United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity, drawing attention to a critical resource for developing crops that are resilient or resistant to extreme weather and other ...

Urban environments have become hotspots for understanding how rapid evolution occurs in response to extreme environmental changes. These habitats exert selective pressures on resident organisms that ...

An international team of researchers, including three New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) scientists, used genetic code from more than 9,500 flowering plant species to create the most detailed ...

Origins and early events -- The invasion of land and air -- Population genetics, adaptation, and evolution -- Development and evolution -- Speciation and microevolution -- Macroevolution -- The ...

Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Macroevolution for plant reproductive biologists Paul Wilson; 2. Pollination crisis, plant sex systems and predicting evolutionary trends in attractiveness ...