Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- In an effort to fight floods and conserve water, the Houston area is getting its very own native seed mix. The idea is to replace Saint Augustine and Bermuda grass with plants ...

In 1879, botanist William J. Beal filled 20 bottles with soil and seeds and buried them on what is now Michigan State University’s campus grounds. In April 2021, the 16th bottle was unearthed, and its ...

The first hole the scientists dug was in the wrong place. They were looking for a bottle, one of 20 buried in the fall of 1879 by a botanist named William James Beal in a secret location on the campus ...

Scientists participating in one of the longest-running active scientific experiments have discovered a surprising hybrid plant hiding among seeds buried at a secret location on a university campus ...

The soil you should use to grow pits must be biologically active. In other words, use something that has compost in it or try with just compost alone. Use a suitable container, or one with ample ...

The uncrewed Artemis I spacecraft mission around the moon has finally been launched by NASA, after being delayed for months by technical problems and Hurricane Ian. Aboard is a Michigan State ...

The Mojave Desert is often portrayed as empty space waiting to be filled with solar panels, but the ground beneath those arrays can be as biologically rich as any national park. New research on a ...