Sometimes the best treasures in Illinois aren’t found in Chicago’s glittering skyline or Springfield’s historic corridors. But tucked away where the Mississippi River carves ancient limestone cliffs ...

Other year-end selections are much larger than a zombie mushroom. In Peru, researchers described an acanth shrub that reaches ...

Digital images submitted with a manuscript for review should be minimally processed. A certain degree of image processing is acceptable for publication (and for some experiments, fields and techniques ...

Abiotic stress physiology is a critical field within plant science, particularly as climate change and environmental ...

High-resolution imaging techniques are transforming cell biology, but challenges remain in accurate 3D imaging. Robust computational tools and interdisciplinary collaboration are essential for ...

This column originally appeared in The Key Citizen in December 2023. In 1920, Joel Robert Poinsett, the first U.S. Minister to Mexico, brought a Mexican weed to his greenhouse in South Carolina and ...