New research suggests that plants seem to be emitting sounds and engaging in unheard conversations, especially when they're ...

Medicinal plants have long been integral to healthcare systems and drug development. Evidence of their use dates back to a ...

Unlike animals, plants don’t need a male and a female because their flowers have both male parts and female parts. Pollen in plants is like sperm in animals. It comes from the male part of the ...

Every bite an herbivore takes comes at the expense of a plant. Are plants passive victims or do they actively resist these attacks? Some plants avoid herbivory by decreasing their apparency or ...

The more a plant species invests in defense, the less potential it has for growth, according to a new study. Research made ...

But what about plants? Growing research shows that plants can speak to each other in ways that humans can't detect by ear or by sight. Plants don't really "speak" in the traditional sense. They mainly ...

By this definition, stem cells are particularly important for plant growth, because virtually all tissues of the plant descend from small groups of stem cells located in their growing apices ...

It is the chloroplasts that contain the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs light. The plant uses this glucose to grow as well as make other useful substances, such as cellulose found in the ...

This means the positioning of furniture and even indoor plants matter when creating a flow of harmony that matches the natural order of the world. And according to feng shui experts, there are ...

Plastic debris can break down into smaller particles due to different environmental factors, and become micro-nanoplastics ...