3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (537+ words) Deep in the steaming runoff channels of Taiwan’s hot springs, a group of microbes has been quietly rewriting the rules of photosynthesis. These are the far-red light-utilizing cyanobacteria, or FRLCyano, organisms capable of extending oxygenic photosynthesis beyond the visible spectrum…...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago   (599+ words) Plant roots are far more than simple anchors. They are living interfaces, constantly negotiating with an invisible world of bacteria and fungi that surround them in the soil....

11+ hour, 31+ min ago   (671+ words) When the tide recedes from a rocky Mediterranean shore, the mussels clinging to the stones simply close their shells and wait. Inside those shells, oxygen levels plummet, carbon dioxide accumulates, and the entire body shifts into a biochemical holding pattern…...

12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (651+ words) Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) is one of the most important forage grasses in temperate agriculture, prized for its rapid growth, high digestibility and adaptability to intensive grazing and cutting systems. Yet behind its agronomic value lies a stubborn problem…...

14+ hour, 28+ min ago   (79+ words) Plants cannot run from their enemies, so they have evolved an extraordinary arsenal of molecular sentinels that detect invading pathogens and launch defences within minutes. Yet this vigilance comes at a price: every burst of immune activity diverts energy, nutrients…...

22+ hour, 9+ min ago   (620+ words) Home - Environment - A golden coral forest off Costa Rica forced scientists to add an entirely new branch to the tree of life The coral was found by researchers during Schmidt Ocean Institute expeditions in 2019 and 2023. The remotely operated vehicle SuBastian…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (793+ words) Stick and leaf insects are among the most accomplished masters of disguise in the animal kingdom, but their most remarkable imitation may be the one nobody watches happen. The eggs of many phasmid species look uncannily like plant seeds, complete…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (805+ words) Lodging, the structural failure of crop stems that bend or collapse under their own weight or under the pressure of wind and rain, remains one of the most persistent threats to agricultural productivity worldwide....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (267+ words) New research from the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo suggests ichthyosaurs’ rib cages may have done a job modern whale ribs don’t: acting as ballast to help them dive....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (748+ words) In the world of biological pest control, few organisms are as commercially important as the entomopathogenic fungi of the genus Beauveria....