Invasive spongy moths (Lymantria dispar) are the most destructive defoliators of broadleaf forests in North America. Aspen is a favored food plant of spongy moths, which feed on expanding leaves in ...

Astronauts perform so many out-of-this-world experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). They use a specially-built ...

From drunk worms to mammals that breath through their anuses, founder Marc Abrahams on the winners of this year's Ig Nobel ...

Some plants are able to take over uninhabited spaces like sand dunes, volcanic substrates and rockfall areas. The first colonizers have specific traits that allow them to grow in such hostile ...

Genetic Insights Could Help Grains Endure Climate Change A longstanding experiment initiated before the Great Depression has ...

James W. Satterlee receives funding from the National Science Foundation (IOS-2305651). As any avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you looking like you’ve had ...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee visited Western Washington University last week to tour a pair of projects related to the 2021 ...

From pension fraud to plastic plants, this year's Ig Nobel prizes recognize science that can be lighthearted, surprising or ...

The Stanton Elementary School greenhouse has undergone some changes throughout the summer and continues to cultivate students ...

Epigenetics, the dynamic regulation of genetic expression, involves complex molecular mechanisms. While the process of gene silencing by methylating the H3K27 position in histones is understood, not ...

It’s a sunny July day during an otherwise exceptionally rainy season in the lush green mountains of Huila, in Colombia’s ...