Phosphorus and nitrogen contribute to water pollution and cause harmful algal blooms. New research shows how mats of floating flower beds can take advantage of these nutrients while cleaning the water.

Scientists are still trying to puzzle out strange oscillations in plant root genes,

A team of scientists unravelled the mystery of how plant roots make the most of soil moisture.

The evolution of tree roots may have triggered a series of mass extinctions that rocked the Earth's oceans over 300 million years ago.

An extract from the Rhodiola rosea plant shows promise as a safe and effective alternative to drug therapy to manage type 2 diabetes, researchers say.

Injured plants make a trade-off between repairing damaged tissue and ramping up their defenses, research finds.

New research investigates the growth of the secretive ginseng industry in Pennsylvania and finds both positive and negative developments.

We may think of plants as passive life forms, but they can cooperate, share resources, send one another warnings, and distance themselves from their communities when survival depends on it.