“You shouldn’t make decisions when you’re hungry.” Tell that to the cell that ate a bacterium 1.5 billion years ago and set in motion the evolution of all plants on Earth. In this episode of Crash ...

New research solves a mystery as to why mitochondria in some plants evolve faster than others. The University of Texas at Austin Evolution is a slow process occurring over many generations, but it can ...

Researchers have discovered that plants benefit from a greater variety of interactions with pollinators and herbivores. Plants that are pollinated by insects and have to defend themselves against ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable genetic phenomenon in lycophytes, which are similar to ferns and among the oldest land plants. Their study reveals that these plants ...

Pt. 1. An overview of evolutionary biology. Essays in comparative evolution ; The need for evolutionary comparisons / G. Ledyard Stebbins -- Pt. 2. Molecular evolution and species phylogeny. Evolution ...

Nature held within it the famous mathematical pattern of the Fibonacci sequence, hidden within every aspect of the natural world. However, a long-held theory assumed that ancient plants were different ...

Dozens of plants on a small Japanese island may have shrunk themselves to avoid hungry deer – suggesting that persistent pruning by herbivores could drive the evolution of dwarf plants. Miniaturised ...

In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how plants came to exist! “You shouldn’t make decisions when you’re hungry.” Tell that to the cell that ate a bacterium 1.5 billion years ago and ...