Functional foods − which should not be confused with ‘superfoods’ − possess specific components that contribute to better health.

Farms have become less friendly for our insect friends – this must be reversed if we want food to eat.

Humans have figured out how to season their food with virtually every part of plants.

When fruit flies see other dead fruit flies, their life spans are cut short. Other species also undergo analogous physiological changes when seeing their dead.

A 90% crop loss in the Peach State may sound like a disaster, but Georgia isn’t actually the Big Apple of peach production that it claims to be.

Postdoc Carolyn Elya sheds light on how parasitic fungus hijacks the nervous system of flies.

UK supermarket shelves have been left bare of fresh produce in recent weeks – growing more fruit and veg in cities could reduce the severity of future shortages.

Using UV light on cantaloupe plants in the night shields them from powdery mildew, a damaging pathogen.