Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) include foods like some apples and salmon whose DNA has been modified for certain ...

As any avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you looking like you’ve had a run-in with an angry cat. Wouldn’t it be nice to rid plants of their prickles entirely ...

While some countries, like those in the European Union, are required to label GMOs, the bioengineered crops won't be labeled ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have figured out a way to trick plants into doing the dirty work of environmental cleanup, U.S. and British researchers reported on Monday. Sign up here. Researchers at ...

ROCKVILLE, MD -- In covering the issue of genetically modified crops, the national media have generally reported the views of anti-biotech interest group representatives, biotechnology company ...

Cotton plants native to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula may all look the same — unkempt and untamed bushes with flowers that shift from pale yellow to violet as pollinators visit them. But genes that have ...

The continually expanding toolkit from Mohit Verma’s laboratory at Purdue University now includes a portable paper-based ...

In a development that could help protect one of the world's most beloved agricultural commodities, a research team at Penn State has successfully created disease-resistant cacao plants using ...

Los gobiernos estadounidense y mexicano están explorando “todas las opciones” para luchar contra un parásito mortal que amenaza al ganado y a la fauna silvestre. By Linda Qiu and Alexa Robles-Gil The ...

Great. Humans have done it again. First, the Yangtze river dolphin extinction, then the Gulf oil spill, and now this. Not that I didn't see it coming. I did. You know, it's always worse when you do ...