Eggs of the mosquito that carries Zika virus can tolerate extended desiccation by altering their metabolism, according to a new study published October 24th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by ...

Tufts scientists say soil, holding 80 percent of Earth’s carbon, releases increasing amounts of greenhouse gases as droughts trigger desiccation cracks in soils The accuracy of climate models depends ...

Have you ever been in an area so drought-stricken that the ground appears more like a mosaic than a flat surface? Those are desiccation cracks. They are the polygon-shaped fractures that form in soil, ...

Resurrection plants exhibit an extraordinary capability to endure severe dehydration and recover normal physiological functions upon rehydration. This desiccation tolerance is underpinned by a suite ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Deserts of the U.S. Southwest are extreme habitats for most plants, but, remarkably, microscopic green algae live there that are extraordinarily tolerant of dehydration. These ...

We have produced a high-quality whole-genome sequence and assembly for X. viscosa from a mixed dataset of Illumina and Pac-Bio reads along with a full assessment of the transcriptomal changes that ...

Winter’s howling winds and frigid temperatures are challenging for all woody landscape plants. Although our plants are fully dormant at this time, the plant tissue is still subject to losing too much ...

For those of us who are used to snowy winters, the thought of needing to protect grass from snow has likely never even crossed our minds. We know the deal. Grass goes dormant in the winter, turning a ...