QUESTION: How do seedless plants reproduce? ANSWER: Scientists estimate that there are approximately 400,000 species of plants on Earth. It is no surprise that there are many forms of plant ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A study out of Harvard and Purdue universities is starting to unravel the genetic mechanisms that allow some plants to duplicate their entire genomes and continue to reproduce.

Plants can maximize their chances of reproduction by taking advantage of how insects move between flowers when they track down nectar, a study suggests. Plants can maximize their chances of ...

Plant reproduction is highly complex and variable across the kingdom. The emergence of sexual reproduction has contributed to increase plant genetic diversity and enabled the colonisation of new ...

Researchers have used a unique microscopic technique to examine the dynamics of pollen tubes in the Arabidopsis plant. They were able to observe the mechanism of one-to-one pollen tube guidance, a ...

Take it from a seasoned hortifreak, plants can reproduce in weird ways. I’m not talking about unusual seeds, ranging from giant naked coconuts to those little bumps on the outside of strawberry fruit ...

On a summer morning, hungry caterpillars make meals of lush tobacco and cotton leaves. The plants can't run away from the nasty predators, but studies show the tobacco and cotton have an astonishing ...

CRESTED BUTTE, Colo., (CBS4) – According to a new study, the loss of bees can affect how their floral partners can reproduce. Two researchers led a team of students. Berry J. Brosi, an assistant ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...