Anna Nordseth is an ecology writer and Duke University Ph.D. candidate specializing in tropical forest ecology, conservation research, and biodiversity. Think plants can’t move? You’re only half right ...

Waterbirds play a pivotal role in the dispersal of plant seeds, thereby influencing the distribution, genetic connectivity, and composition of ecosystems across diverse habitats. Their dual seed ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Society has recently become enthralled with bees and the amazing service they provide spreading pollen around and helping to sustain plant ...

Ant-mediated seed dispersal, or myrmecochory, represents a sophisticated mutualism between a wide range of flowering plants and ants. In this interaction, plants produce nutrient‐rich elaiosomes—a ...

A recent study co-authored by Bucknell University Professor Chris Martine, biology, David Burpee Professor in Plant Genetics & Research, demonstrates how traditional practices of the Martu Aboriginal ...

Seed dispersal is important to plants. It is the only way many of them spread across the landscape. Vegetation in Lancaster County has several ways of broadcasting seeds - on the wind, on mammal fur, ...

Jan. 13 (UPI) --As ecosystems warm or dry out because of climate change, plants and animals are being forced to move in search of friendly conditions. Animals can swim, scamper and fly, but plants are ...

Corey Tarwater (right), an assistant professor in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, and Becky Wilcox, a UW Ph.D. student at the time of the research from Napa, Calif., set up automated ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 28, 2006 -- The apple might not fall far from the tree, but new research shows that how it falls might be what is most important in determining tree distribution across a forest ...

Have you ever wandered around your yard and thought to yourself, “How did that plant get there?” It might be the only plant that looks like that in your entire yard. Your neighbors don’t have that ...

Over the past three millennia, selective breeding has dramatically widened the array of plant domestication traits. However, a close look at the archaeobotanical record illustrates a similar suite of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. John Gould, an amphibian scientist at the University of Newcastle ...