Giant trees have tricks to work around drought

Daring tree climbers and researchers have challenged a major assumption in tree drought biology.  In rainforests on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, water transport systems of a colossal, dominating…

Ancient flowering plants may have used dinosaurs to spread their seeds

Fruit salad may have been on the menu for some dinosaurs. Over 74 million years ago, there was a richer garden of fruit- and seed-bearing plants than scientists thought. A…

Chickpeas can grow in moon dirt and make seeds

Homegrown chickpeas could be on the menu for future astronauts. With help from compost and symbiotic fungi, chickpea plants grow and produce seeds in simulated lunar dirt, researchers report March…