There’s a reason for falling leaves. It might look like the colorful beginning of the end (winter) to many, but like the three other seasons in Ohio, fall is just a necessary transition to the next.

The best plants for kids are the ones they want to grow. I’ve been gardening with my children since they were old enough to eat the dirt, and they enjoy the experience so much more when they get in ...

Plants and algae, meanwhile, use chloroplasts, which perform photosynthesis to generate energy from sunlight to power their cells. In a new study led by the University of Tokyo, the team inserted ...

Despite their fundamental differences, plants, animals, and fungi share certain metabolic processes. Biologists at the U.S.

Color, which plays an important role in the lives of some plants and animals, frequently tells an environmental story and offers us opportunities to ponder the ecology and behavior of wildlife.

An orangutan in Sumatra surprised scientists when he was seen treating an open wound on his cheek with a poultice made from a medicinal plant. It’s the first scientific record of a wild animal healing ...

Plants have a sophisticated mechanism for monitoring the production of new proteins. The U1 snRNP complex ensures that the protein blueprints are fully completed. This is important because cells tend ...