The time-honored tradition of humans looking to the natural world can help us survive difficult times.

While plants often have mutually beneficial relationships with insects, a tuber in Fiji grows separate compartments for ...

Organ-on-a-chip systems offer a more accurate, ethical, and scalable alternative to animal testing in drug discovery and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Garden snails and aphids are venomous animals. This is the startling outcome of a new study that argues for a radical shift in how we think about venom. It proposes a wider definition that would also ...

Within the animal kingdom, a naturally produced molecule known as itaconate serves a prominent role in the immune system as a defensive agent against viruses and inflammation. Itaconate is ...

Scientists have discovered that a molecule known for defending animal immune systems called itaconate also plays a powerful role in plants. Researchers showed that itaconate not only exists in ...

Further investigating these dynamics, the researchers found that itaconate plays multiple key roles in plant physiology. These include involvement in several critical plant processes, such as primary ...

AI holds promise for animal welfare and plant-based food innovation The technology could help us rethink our relationship with animals and protect Minnesota’s treasured animal ecosystems.

Concept and terms: Almost 120 years ago, Ernst Stahl (1848-1919), Professor of Botany in Jena, Germany, formulated the concept of chemical defence as a result of animal/plant interactions. In 1888 he ...