Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues. She holds a master's in Southern Studies from ...

I’d like to say that keying out new or unfamiliar plants is a favorite activity of mine, but that would not be true. Even with a reasonable knowledge of plant/flower structure, botanical terminology, ...

Can the bend of a banana give us insight into cancer? What does the shape of a rice grain have to do with infertility? The proteins that give plants their shape and structure are also involved in ...