New research using publicly-shared DNA barcodes and citizen science images have provided new evidence on the establishment and spread of a biological control agent used for the control of the major ...

Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich have for the first time investigated how protein structures derived from fava beans affect a ...

The human body is interconnected with cell-to-cell communication to orchestrate an effective immune response. Plant cells are organized in a rigid, static order resembling a brick wall due to their ...

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Releasing animals and plant material is considered a major biosecurity risk by some, whereas others see this as overstated. There are also concerns about genetic contamination. While regulations ...

Red algal chloroplasts stayed active in hamster cells for 48 hours A new technique enables chloroplast integration into animal cells Study offers potential for photosynthesis in non-plant organisms ...

But now that I spend more time in the countryside, I’ve discovered that, even in the dead of winter, field and forest are bustling with plant and animal life. In this region, winter is the time ...

Earth Skills — a continuing series of monthly classes being offered by the Newport Beach nonprofit Environmental Nature Center through June — aims to teach locals the art of surviving in ...

Human bodies defend themselves using a diverse population of immune cells that circulate from one organ to another, responding to everything from cuts to colds to cancer. But plants don’t have this ...