Salinity has been an enemy of agriculture for millennia because even though many crops can withstand low to moderate salt ...

A spa day for capybaras? Watch as these cold capybaras brave the Japanese winter with their very own hot springs bathtub ...

Next the researchers are working on soybeans and cowpeas; the latter is “a hugely important food-security crop in African ...

Herbivores may not hunt or rely on sharp teeth for survival, but that doesn’t mean they are defenseless. Many plant-eating animals have evolved unique ways to protect themselves from predators, using ...

New research shows that ancient humans, Australopithecus, had a plant-based diet, challenging long-held meat-eating theories.

Vegetation Control through Grazing Capybaras are nature's lawn mowers. As dedicated herbivores, they graze tirelessly on ...

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to ...

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who ...

The art of growing these record-setting vegetables, including colossal pumpkins and giant cabbages, brings people together.

Now is a good month to plant early potatoes and sow hardier veg like beetroot direct outdoors. Hardy annuals such as cornflowers and poppies can also now be sown direct outside, where they are to ...

Each level of the trophic network is called a "trophic level." Plants, at the first level, capture solar energy. Herbivores, at the second level, eat these plants, and carnivores, at higher levels, ...