How plants decide their size: Study maps plant growth strategies across roots, leaves, and stems

What makes plants grow to a certain size? From the tiniest cells to whole leaves, roots, and stems, growth has to be ...

Solving mysteries with moss: The history of using tiny plants as forensic evidence

Tiny plants, like moss, are easy to overlook. They're often as small as an eyelash, and they tend to grow on the ground in ...

Muskrats fight invasive cattails and help restore biodiversity in Great Lakes wetlands, study finds

They are not the well-known, dam-building beavers but can often be found in the same marshy ecosystems. Muskrats — which are ...