Next time you go for a walk in upper Bidwell Park, look closely at the different plants you see. Notice the enormous diversity of shapes, colors and forms. There are trees, shrubs, perennials and ...

Animals can adapt quickly to survive adverse environmental conditions. Evidence is mounting to show that plants can, too. A paper publishing in the journal Trends in Plant Science on November 17 ...

In the heart of California’s Death Valley, summer temperatures soar past 120°F (49°C). But while most life quickly collapses, ...

A new collaborative research team of plant scientists led by Ru Zhang, PhD, associate member, Danforth Plant Science Center has been awarded new funding from the National Science Foundation ...

Plants' ability to sense light and temperature, and their ability to adapt to climate change, hinges on free-forming structures in their cells whose function was, until now, a mystery. Researchers ...

A new study shows how plants 'encode' specific chemistries of their lignin to grow tall and sustain climate changes: each plant cell uses different combinations of the enzymes LACCASEs to create ...

It's that time of year again when the days are becoming shorter. Daylight Saving Time ended on Sunday and for many of us, that means dark commutes home and cold, long nights. For plants, it means less ...

You might think your plant's spot by the window is perfect, but that doesn't mean it should stay there all year long. Just like outdoor conditions change with the seasons, indoor light shifts, too, ...

Species of jewelflowers are found in areas of California that are generally cooler and wetter than the southwest deserts where the group originated. But a new study based on herbarium collections ...