The model analyzes the future survival of plants in a changing climate based on how far wind can carry a plant’s seeds.
Seeds buried in bottles 144 years ago still germinate, discover researchers. The experiment continues.
New findings could lead to better ways of producing hybrid seeds to maximize crop productivity, researchers report.
Spring-loaded fruits let witch hazel plants fling heavier seeds just as fast as lighter ones, research finds.
Engineers have developed wooden seed carriers that mimic the behavior of self-burying seeds.
People initially appear to have collected or cultivated an ancient ancestor of today's watermelon for its seeds, not its flesh, researchers report.
The ability of some plants to keep pace with climate change has dropped 60% due to the loss of mammals and birds they depend on to disperse their seeds.
The presence of bison in tallgrass prairie ecosystems offers clues to the origins of the "lost crops" on which ancient Native Americans relied.
Tests with orangutan teeth indicate that our early human ancestors could have eaten some really hard plant parts.
More than 1 million adults and children in the US have an allergy to sesame. Is it time to require labeling on packaged foods?
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