While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...

Scientists have discovered that beneficial root-dwelling fungi boost plant resilience to disease by remodeling the plant cell ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

Cycad cones aren’t always hot. Instead, they follow daily cycles of heating and cooling: Pollen-laden male cones produce a big burst of heat in the late afternoon, and then ovulating female cones warm ...

Farmers are struggling to adapt to climate change and its challenges, but new research has some helpful advice.

Drone Institute expands Lafayette HQ, bringing 1,300+ jobs. $340K renovation adds pilot training, data products & AI-powered inspection tech.

As a prize for the funniest reader-penned cannabis limerick, metro columnist Dan Casey is giving away a pot plant named after weed attorney and Roanoke City Councilman Nick Hagen.

In other news, EPA pushes back on PFAS pesticide claims, and the World Health Organization classifies atrazine as a probable ...

A prolonged clean-up of corporate balance sheets, competition from the government-backed so-called bad bank, and the sharp ...

Discover why PIMCO Dynamic Income Strategy Fund (PDX) may offer a 20% upside and 7.35% yield amid arbitration risks and ...

Women's hidden extra work, positive tipping points and new thinking on autism – there's much to chew on in this year's best ...