Researchers have identified 230 novel giant viruses present in our waterways and oceans using an innovative computing method.

Most of the fungal diseases that affect tomatoes are present in the soil, so the first defensive strategy should be to add a ...

Viruses closely related to the deadly MERS coronavirus are lurking in bats and one group, known as HKU5, may be just one mutation away from making the jump to humans. A new study reveals how these ...

The invasive goldspotted oak borer has spread across SoCal, leaving boneyards of dead trees behind. This June, UC ANR and ...

Genetically altering crops may be key to helping them adapt to extreme temperatures. But shrinking funds and social ...

Most plants form beneficial relationships with belowground mycorrhizal fungi that help them access soil nutrients in exchange ...

Bacteria, viruses and fungi are masters at evolving new strategies to infiltrate plants and cause disease that harm crops. To ...

Knowing the difference between common edible plants and poisonous counterparts that look just like them can spare you some ...

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas ...

There are only an estimated 1,500 ghost orchids remaining in Florida, and less than half are known to be mature enough to ...

Planting too deep, especially covering the base of the trunk, can cause rot and kill the plant. Planting trees in the middle of a lawn without a mulch ring can damage the trunk from lawn care ...

The biological pathogen federal authorities accuse two Chinese nationals of smuggling into the U.S. was not likely an act of ...