Next time you go for a walk in upper Bidwell Park, look closely at the different plants you see. Notice the enormous diversity of shapes, colors and forms. There are trees, shrubs, perennials and ...

A heretofore unknown molecular mechanism helps plants save water in extreme drought and intense sunlight. A research team at ...

Imagine a single tree producing a spectrum of colors every year, from brilliant reds to fiery oranges and golden yellows.

Photosynthesis is the process whereby plants turn sunlight into the energy (sugars) that they need to survive and grow. For most plants, this happens in the leaves, which contain chlorophyll; a green ...

Researchers have demonstrated a new and sustainable way to make the chemicals that are the basis of thousands of ...

Toyota Central R&D Labs is scaling up an efficient system that uses sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to produce important carbon compounds, paving a path to the practical use of artificial ...

Like people, leaves have their limits when it comes to heat. Scientists first reported in 1864 that the leaves of some plants could survive up to 50° Celsius, only to perish beyond that threshold.

Every fall, a huge number of dead leaves drop into the river and sink to the bottom, where they are consumed by a large ...

In this time of Christmas trees a question from an e-mail asks how evergreen trees stay, well, evergreen through the winter. Evergreen needles simply are leaves adapted to survive winter by hoarding ...