Explore the hidden world within a sweet potato as we examine its leaf, stem, skin, and flesh under a microscope. From trichomes on the leaf surface to the vibrant pigments and starch grains within the ...

Decomposition of dead leaves in Veluwe forests has declined by tens of percent since the turn of the century. Meteorologists ...

An international team of scientists from Queen Mary University of London, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Biology Centre ...

Watch as a fresh spinach leaf undergoes an incredible transformation in this time-lapse experiment! Witness the stages of ...

Early wheat didn’t just grow—it fought. When humans began cultivating fields, plants that could outcompete their neighbors for sunlight and space quickly took over, evolving upright leaves and ...

Scientists caught on video for the first time a tiny, recently discovered species of ground spider. The spider, Cryptodrassus ...

Each spring, these tiny birds fly thousands of miles north—but warming temperatures may be reshaping when and where they ...

Cryptodrassus michaeli is a ground spider in the Gnaphosidae family, a large group that includes approximately 2,500 species. At about 3 millimeters in length, the spider is extremely small, even ...

Ticks can survive winter under leaf litter and re‑emerge in waves during spring warmups. Here’s what to know and how to ...

A new study published in Phytopathology shows how combining drone imagery, weather data, and qPCR-based airborne spore monitoring can reveal where disease is present and what the pathogen is likely to ...

There’s something wildly satisfying about turning pocket change into piles of fresh food. A flimsy plastic window box that ...

Precise colorectal cancer drug delivery could be achieved with snail-inspired mini robots in the not-too-distant future.