Most land plants form mutually beneficial symbioses with fungi. The plant and the fungus exchange vital nutrients. A team led ...

Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles.

According to the USDA, ingestion of the plant is “frequently fatal” for livestock. In fact, sheep can reportedly be poisoned by eating as little as three ounces of green leaves. Animals can die from ...

Fortunately, my little Havanese, Miguel, doesn’t pose as much of a threat to my plants, but there are other important elements to consider when planning a garden where dogs and plants can safely ...

As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before ...

But pollen isn’t all bad. It’s essential to the reproduction of plants, the survival of insects and the entire food web. We humans could not survive without it, so we absolutely shouldn’t ...

A highly toxic plant, which can be deadly if ingested, is spreading rapidly across the United States. Poison hemlock (or Conium maculatum) is about to flower in Tennessee, according to the ...

It produces a velvety gray mat of spores on plants. I typically see botrytis form on annual flowers under these weather conditions. This fungus causes diseases on twigs, leaves and blossoms.