A "strange" prehistoric plant species is the lone representative of a mysterious group of organisms that no longer exists, scientists have discovered. The first evidence of the species—in the form of ...

Earth plants could thrive under the light of an alien sun, according to a recent experiment. A team of astrobiologists planted garden cress seeds and cultured dishes of photosynthetic bacteria under ...

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Humans have cultivated plants outside their native ranges for thousands of years. But as the world became increasingly interconnected over the past five hundred years, the scale of cultivation of ...

Alanna Rebelo receives funding from the South African Water Research Commission. This work was funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA) as part of the SEBEI (Socio-Economic Benefits ...