As climate change accelerates, plants face mounting pressure to adapt to shifting ecosystems and environmental conditions.
University of Calgary researcher Sam Yeaman and his team have determined in a recent study that there are some key genes that are particularly important for how plants respond adaptively to ...
A new study from Iceland’s Surtsey Island reveals that birds were responsible for carrying most of the plants that colonized ...
When the volcanic island of Surtsey rose from the North Atlantic Ocean in 1963, it offered scientists a once-in-a-lifetime ...
Lignins—the complex molecules that make plants sturdy and allow them to grow tall—are not as random as once thought. A new ...
Thais Vasconcelos calls the University of Michigan Herbarium her "baby" and is making history as its first female director ...
A specimen of a jewelflower (Streptanthus brewerii) from the John M. Tucker Herbarium at UC Davis. Species of jewelflowers are found in areas of California that are generally cooler and wetter than ...