Respiration, on the other hand, is the process by which organisms, including plants, break down organic molecules to release energy. In plants, respiration takes place in the mitochondria, which ...

Tropical coastal forests known as mangroves are known for being the first “buffer zones” in coastal systems. New research ...

Ripening of fruits involves changes in color, texture, flavor, and acidity influenced by the hormone ethylene in plants.

New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.

What’s the best way to ease oneself into the world of birds? An excerpt from a chapter titled My Kind of Birding.

WITH the passage of time, concern prevails over the degradation of the earth in the form of global warming before unlocking its full potential for human welfare. Global warming leading to climate ...

Iowa farmers say a foliar fungicide application can add more bushels per acre by preventing losses to disease pressure and ...

So why do so many life-forms breathe oxygen? There are probably thousands of kinds of metabolisms, or chemical processes that maintain life, said Donald Canfield, a geobiologist at the University of ...

The plant Cannabis sativa is an herbaceous flowering annual that was originally native to central and eastern Asia. It has ...

Use of colours in pre-historic era Humans have been long fascinated by colour, which has played a significant role since the ...

particularly in relation to plant respiration and chlorophyll photosynthesis. Beyond CO2 measurement, the system incorporates the monitoring of other parameters meaningful for photosynthesis and ...