Quick Take By the 1880s and 1890s, fewer than 1,000 bison remained in the wild, a stark warning about unchecked exploitation.

Massive endeavor including Hopkins researchers and students aims to understand the planet's most biodiverse habitats ...

For centuries, scientists have known that plants "breathe" through microscopic pores on their leaves called stomata. These ...

Plants mobilize their immune defenses far earlier than scientists have believed for decades—and through a previously overlooked early signaling mechanism—according to a new study published in Nature ...

After Reviewing Historical Use and Modern Safety Evidence, Officially Confirms Kava is a Food Under Federal Law LOS ANGELES, ...

This separation of sexes in plants is called dioecy. One reason why dioecy may evolve is because of the negative effects that ...

A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

Abstract: Edible wild plants are an important source of food in many regions of the world, including in the Philippines, and their recognition is a key skill for survival in the wild. In this study, ...

Nearly four decades ago, Francis Young, chief administrative law judge at the Drug Enforcement Administration, concluded that ...

Scientists organize millions of proteins by shape, as predicted by AI, revealing 700,000 new families and some shapes unique to humans.

Plant-based proteins have come under heavy scrutiny for being ultra-processed, but current classification systems don’t fully reflect a food’s healthfulness, a new study has found. Plant proteins ...