What you do is sometimes determined by what your neighbours do. Scientists believe that this extends to stomatal behaviour. Stomata are pores placed at the plant surface that allow gas exchange with ...

New research on how microscopic leaf pores respond to sunlight reveals some of the first universal relationships between plants and climate. Understanding these relationships could vastly improve ...

Plants—they have mouths, just like us. Unlike us, however, these plant mouths might actually help us feed the growing population in the face of climate change. A new study from the University of ...

Plants have long held a fascinating secret: the tiny pores on their leaves, known as stomata, control how they breathe, regulate water, and absorb carbon dioxide. But for years, scientists have ...