Researchers from the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences (APES) have contributed significantly to a major ...

A major fire in January at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Moss Landing showered 55,000 pounds of toxic ...

Drylands, which include some of the world’s most arid and semi-arid ecosystems, cover nearly half of Earth’s land surface and ...

Trees may look still and silent, but they’re engaged in a constant, complex dialogue—through air, soil, and even electricity.

Tomato and tobacco plants make distinctive sounds when cut or dehydrated, a new study has found. Those sounds change depending on the plant emitting them and the type and severity of the threat that ...

In a new study, physicists from the United States and Israel may have gotten to the bottom of a quirky behavior of growing plants—and a mystery that intrigued Charles Darwin himself during the later ...

Plants have been part of our diet as long as meat has, with new evidence showing that Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens and ...

Swapping out meat and dairy can do more than just help animals and the planet, according to a new study that shows a vegan diet can transform your gut and metabolism. The study, which analyzed data ...

Studies have shown that a plant-based diet may be better for preventing diabetes than a low carb diet. A 30-year study ...