Germinate – This is the process of a plant first starting to grow. Life cycle – When a plant grows from a seed or bulb into a mature plant. Reproduce – How plants use seeds to create new plants.

Butterflies (Papilionoidea) come in a remarkable variety of colors and patterns, from the orange majesty of the monarch to the lustrous red and blue of the peacock butterfly, but all butterflies ...

Do you know the difference between an annual, biennial and perennial plant? If not, here's everything you need to know.

This annual grass is a frustrating turf enemy from spring until the frost—your best chance at success is being proactive.

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

Considerable progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms that control cell division in plants. However, little is known about how the cell cycle responds to environmental and ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority's Norm Flake explains what a combined cycle plant is to the media on a tour on Jan. 8, 2025. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright talks job security for Oak Ridge workers.

“Plant blindness” is caused by a lack of exposure to nature and could be cured by close contact through activities such as wild food foraging, a study shows.

Plants are known to respond to seasonal changes by budding, leafing, and flowering. As climate change stands to shift these so-called phenological stages in the life cycle of plants, access to ...

A model to show the cyclical nature of plant awareness disparity in urbanized societies and a route that is shown to ‘break’ the repeating cycle. Credit: PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET (2022). DOI: 10 ...

When the planet’s climate shifts, it impacts plant life, forcing ecosystems to evolve and adapt to changing conditions. “I’m interested in the role of life itself in the whole system,” Rogger says. “I ...