This important study shows that different forms and mixtures of cardenolide toxins in tropical milkweed, especially nitrogen- and sulfur-containing types, change how monarch caterpillars eat, grow, ...

Researchers at Northern Arizona University and the Smithsonian found an unconventional method to understand how rainforests will survive with climate change—making tea with living leaves at the top of ...

Escalating pollution and contamination of water and soil are emerging as serious threats to plant growth and its overall ...

Court official dismisses Justice Department's misconduct complaint against a federal judge in DC People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem Marlo Thomas Gives Update Following Death of Her ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia's acting captain Steve Smith is seriously considering the use of NFL-style eye black to reduce glare and see the pink ball ...

This story appears in the October 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. We have all held leaves, driven miles to see their fall colors, eaten them, raked them, sought their shade. Since they are ...

Plants do more than photosynthesize - some of them make gold. Scientists in Finland found gold particles inside Norway spruce ...

In 1942, the Manhattan Project needed to create a chain reaction—a crucial step toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb. The scientists achieved this sustained nuclear reaction ...