Thorns, mistakenly referred to as "thorns" for roses, have appeared in various plant varieties over hundreds of millions of ...

The “prickles,” as botanists call them, evolved in roses and other plants thanks to a single gene, a new study found.

We also used a virus to silence the expression of a closely related gene in roses, yielding a rose without thorns. In natural settings, prickles defend plants against grazing herbivores.

A new study has found how a rose and other plants like a tomato and eggplant came to get their prickles. The discovery could help engineer new thorn-free variants.

Scientists Identify the Gene Behind Thorny Roses and Other Prickly Plants A recent study could pave the way to cultivating various thornless plants, making them easier to grow and potentially more ...

The permafrost of an Ohio January seems to have slowed the thorns more than the roses this week. Rose: To Nathan and Natalie Arant, who opened the “One Ship Coffee Shop” on Friday. The shop at ...

According to Greek mythology, red roses first appeared when Aphrodite pricked her foot on a thorn, spilling blood on a white rose. Since then, roses' thorns have captured the imaginations of ...

Fungal diseases are the real thorns in the rose garden. Botrytis blight, black spot, rust and more thive in humidity; here's how to minimize their effect.

Even the roses bring a bit of sadness with them this week. Rose: To the Redemptorist priests, who’ve been serving St. Gerard Parish since the beginning. While we’re saddened your order decided ...