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Throughout evolution, plants have continuously adapted to survive in changing environments. Apart from complex structural ...

Today’s column features AI tools to identify plant diseases, garden pests and weeds; monitor climate and soil; and optimize ...

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Maine lawmakers became the first to introduce a bill restricting PFAS levels in food. The proposed bill, SB130, entitled An ...

From mice performing first aid to birds using antioxidants, animals display remarkable self-medication behaviors that could ...

We don’t know how the the life of this bear was, but its end came in the darkness, at the bottom of a pit in a narrow Romanian cave. There were no claw marks on the stone, no signs of a struggle, just ...

Environmental stress in evolution can be reframed as a powerful engine of innovation, not simply a barrier to survival.

Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant's teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations. Geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth or tusks reveal where ...

Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows microplastics are ...