Learn how ancient plants survived extreme heat after the Permian–Triassic mass extinction and what their strategy could mean ...

Following the worst mass extinction event on Earth, the land was not entirely barren of life. In the wake of this cataclysm, ...

Plants can reshape a key protein to survive heat and cold, helping photosynthesis continue as temperatures swing.

Ancient lycophytes may have survived extreme heat during Earth’s worst extinction using a rare photosynthesis method.

Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a ...

Researchers from Cornell, Texas A&M, and Stockholm University have discovered that plants can swap small subunits of the Rubisco enzyme to adapt photosynthesis efficiency to changing temperatures.

In efforts to better understand how plant photosynthesis is regulated, scientists are studying how Rubisco activity responds ...

C4 photosynthesis represents a striking example of convergent evolution, where multiple plant lineages have independently modified an ancestral C3 pathway to enhance carbon fixation efficiency. This ...

Plants and trees may seem pretty passive, but behind the scenes, their cells are working hard to put on a magic show. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how the processes of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive. A new ...

Scientists think they've found a way to harvest more electricity from plants, a finding that could ripple out to other renewable energy technologies. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011.

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first glance. Its knobby flower stalks look more like a mushroom than a flowering ...