New research claims that tomato plants in the Galápagos might actually be de-evolving and picking up ancient traits.

The lush, tropical regions of Central and South America have long dazzled scientists with their plant diversity. These ...

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Africa’s flowers have been meticulously documented across 1.9 million sites on the continent and in Madagascar.

A team of researchers led by Prof. Wang Wei from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has revealed how unique native plant life on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) has ...

An impulse to probe the existential mysteries of life inspired Francis Crick to unlock the structure of DNA, posits ...

Domus has selected 10 zoo projects that explore the complex relationship between man and animal, artifice and nature, ...

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by Hollywood.

Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

The key change is an ancient defense system. Basically, these tomatoes are manufacturing a version of an alkaloid whose ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient ...