A new study's finding that urban light pollution may disrupt the winter dormancy period for mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus could be considered both good news and bad news. The good news is ...

A new study's finding that urban light pollution may disrupt the winter dormancy period for mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus could be considered both good news and bad news. The good news is ...

A research team led by Prof. Huang Zhenying from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered a remarkable survival strategy—a unique seed dormancy cycling mechanism ...

Cooler temperatures have arrived which translates to fewer pests and less plant diseases. Dormancy is an important period for perennial fruit crops such as blueberries, blackberries, muscadines and ...

Plantago lanceolata, an invasive plant also known as ribwort plantain, can be dormant for up to 177 years before expanding. (Mohsen Mesgaran/UC Davis) Invasive plants can stay dormant for decades or ...

I live in a house that’s nearly 100 years old, under the canopy of two silver maples we estimate to be just as old. As I finished mulching their leaves last week, I laughed to myself about how many ...

As fall makes its way into our homes, your indoor greenery may experience a shock to its internal homeostasis. Houseplants don’t thrive in the cold, and being exposed to extreme temperature shifts can ...

Invasive plants can stay dormant for decades or even centuries after they have been introduced into an environment before rapidly expanding and wreaking ecological havoc, according to a new study led ...