New Guinea is the most floristically diverse island in the world, an international collaboration led by the University of Zurich has shown.

Researchers have demonstrated the use of tinted, semi-transparent solar panels to generate electricity and produce nutritionally-superior crops simultaneously, bringing the prospect of higher incomes for farmers and maximising use of agricultural land.

Researchers have discovered why the tropics and a handful of other areas across the globe have become the most biodiverse places on the planet.

As the wildfire rages in Southern California, an Earth-observing instrument aboard the International Space Station was able to measure its heat and dark smoke plume.

Rice is the most widely consumed staple food source for a large part of the world’s population.

How long can seeds stay alive? That question is crucial for seed gene banks and research institutes working with plants and seeds.

Findings have implications for how federal agencies assess pesticides for breast cancer risk.

Current distribution of the invasive weed, Mimosa diplotricha, was based on roadside surveys, literature reviews and herbarium data.

Researchers analyzed the interconnected food, water and energy challenges that arise from the sugar industry in India – the second-largest producer of sugar worldwide – and how the political economy drives those challenges.

Plants that can survive in harsh environments like Canada’s Devon Island may be good candidates for eventually terraforming the Red Planet.