Plants are capable of producing seedless fruit through a process called parthenocarpy, and humans have long leveraged it in agriculture. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Under the microscope -- The underground railroad -- What's essential -- Transforming sunlight into sugar -- Why leaves can turn red anytime, anyplace -- How plants tell time -- Night shifts and other ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Jeannie from Burlington, Vt., asked us about wastewater treatment plants. She said she's ...

How do symbioses between plants and fungi develop? How do plants decide whether or not to enter into a partnership with fungi ...

A mutant seedling revealed how plant tissues scatter incoming light, allowing plants to sense its direction and move toward it. On a shelf lined with terra cotta pots, herbs bend their stems toward ...

On a shelf lined with terra-cotta pots, herbs bend their stems toward the nearest window. In a field of golden wildflowers, leaves rotate with the path of the sun. In a dappled forest, vines twine up ...

Humans make stuff up—including the names and classifications of living things. But those categories are still useful. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how taxonomy and systematics ...

How do scientists categorize plants from one another and where they come from? Humans make stuff up—including the names and classifications of living things. But those categories are still useful. In ...