Cold temperatures significantly slow down cell division, meaning new cells are produced more slowly. However, cell expansion is less affected by low temperatures. This means that even when it’s cold, ...
The ability to genetically engineer plants is largely thanks to a microscopic helper: a bacterium called Agrobacterium ...
The more a plant species invests in defense, the less potential it has for growth, according to a new study. Research made ...
The informational event will feature materials on everything from attracting plant pollinators and composting and soil ...
So while this article will include advice you’ll want in five months, I think it is important to answer those questions now in case anyone is on the fence about leaving those leaves under the fence.
Planting an oak tree, if you have the room, provides acorns and leaves that feed and provide cover for millions of organisms and species while also sequestering carbon.
Sebastopol’s Tama Bell sells off her favorite picks and Master Gardeners train home gardeners how to create wildlife habitats ...
A recent University of Arizona study finds that color vision evolved in animals more than 100 million years before the ...
Here, a woman shows off the minuscule form of a baby pygmy possum she just rescued from a public bathroom in South Australia. The wee thing is barely the size of her thumbnail. Full grown, a pygmy ...
The Midwest is home to expansive prairies filled with native plants that are well-adapted to the region's climate. These native species not only thrive in the natural environment, but they also create ...
Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer that live only in the piney and marshy wetlands of the Florida ...
A bumblebee’s brain is smaller than a sesame seed. But it can still accomplish quite a bit.“You don’t need a big brain to learn well,” said Felicity Muth, an assistant professor in the Department of ...