Two new studies offer insight into sex chromosome evolution by focusing on papaya（木瓜） , a multimillion dollar crop plant with a sexual problem (as far...
A yucca（丝兰） plant might make your office desk look nice, but with a new technology developed at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, that little shrub could p...
Tree cover in the nation's Lower 48 states covers 659 million acres, more than one-third of the nation, according to a U.S. Forest Service study o...
A new genetic analysis focusing on Jews from North Africa has provided an overall genetic map of the Jewish Diasporas. The findings support the histor...
The beautiful, endemic（地方性的） and endangered cycad（苏铁属植物）, Cycas micronesica was once a dominant forest tree on the island of Guam, but recent plant mo...
One of the most invasive species on the planet is able to source food from the land as well as its usual food sources in the water, research from Quee...
African elephants are known to be great communicators that converse with extremely low-pitched vocalizations, known as infrasounds, over a distance of...
Plants produce toxins to defend themselves against potential enemies, from herbivorous（食草的） pests to diseases. Oilseed rape plants produce glucosinola...
If we look at the sky on a perfectly fine summer's day we shall find that the blue colour is the most pure and intense overhead, and when looking ...
Our planet's changing climate is devastating communities in Africa through droughts, floods and myriad（无数的） other disasters. Using detailed region...