The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct ...

The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 meters tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

The extinction of dinosaurs had a significant impact on the development of plants, a new study has shown. Experts at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in the cities of ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction ...

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 ...

Evolution has long been viewed as a rather random process, with the traits of species shaped by chance mutations and environmental events — and therefore largely unpredictable. But an international ...

A new study has uncovered intriguing insights into the evolution of plant biology, effectively rewriting the history of how plants evolved over the past billion years. The research, published today in ...

A plant that looks like a fungus, lives like a parasite, and clones itself in the dark—Balanophora may be one of evolution’s ...

Blazing colors and enticing scents may be showy, but they're just one part of the toolkit plants use to lure in pollinators.