Research published in New Phytologist provides insights into why the invasive plant Japanese knotweed is so successful at ...

Research published in New Phytologist provides insights into why the invasive plant Japanese knotweed is so successful at outcompeting native plants.

Algae don't get the credit or attention they deserve. They are responsible for much of the oxygen we breathe, play pivotal ...

Plants survive climate change using genetic variations. Scientists studied Marchantia polymorpha to find key adaptation ...

Research published in New Phytologist provides insights into why the invasive plant Japanese knotweed is so successful at outcompeting native ...

Activity: Grow a plant via asexual reproduction Three years later, he sent a pair of them to a friend in England. On this friend’s death, they were sold to the Duke of Devonshire, who grew ...

First, the egg may have been a result of parthenogenesis, a rare form of asexual reproduction. While asexual reproduction is common among many plants and invertebrates, parthenogenesis, in which an ...

A Louisiana aquarium has been left stunned by a 'virgin birth' in its shark exhibit. Baby swell shark Yokowas born in an all-female tank at Shreveport Aquarium. Experts believe Yoko's birth is due to ...

A Louisiana aquarium welcomed a new baby shark to its facilities earlier this month, but staff are unsure of exactly where it came from. On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium ...

a rare form of asexual reproduction — in which offspring are identical copies of their mothers — that has been seen in certain kinds of plants and vertebrates. Kevin Feldheim, the Pritzker Lab ...

So then how come Yoko is born? When it comes to some plants and simpler organisms (such as amoeba, starfish, and yeast), new life can emerge from a single parent through asexual reproduction. However, ...