A new study suggests that plants deceive their neighbors using fungi, faking warning signals in order to compete.

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

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave talk about a comet visiting from interstellar space, caterpillars that eat and break down plastic, and how animals' sense of smell varies by altitude.

Squamellaria plants grow special structures to host the ants they symbiotically rely on for nutrients. Distinct compartments ...

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

In a world-first pilot study, researchers from the University of South Australia have used video footage of insects to ...

Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

In fantasy worlds, trees like the Lord of the Rings’ Ents are agile and mobile. In the real world, they’re slow.

Perhaps you have held in your mind that someday, you'd get a little more connected to the natural world. You would finally ...

A new study argues that religion, politics and war affect how animals and plants in cities evolve, and the confluence of ...

Chiyoda Corp. (Tokyo) has developed a new foundational technology for producing useful chemicals — including human type II collagen — using plant-based ...