From the psilocybin in magic mushrooms to dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in toads to the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in marijuana, a ...

The substances have been used by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years, but they've recently become popular as possible ...

Night lighting may be due for a plant-based glow-up. The post Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to ...

Scientists at Zhejiang University have engineered plants that glow on their own by inserting optimized fungal genes, ...

Scientists engineered plant-made psychedelics to produce DMT and psilocybin, offering a sustainable alternative to wild ...

When plants face biting cold, floods or parched soil, they can’t run away or seek shelter like animals. Instead, they have to ...

Finally, the team carefully monitored the plant's production of five psychedelic tryptamines: DMT originally from plants; ...

Gene drives—a genetic engineering approach that quickly spreads specific genetic changes throughout a population, whether to ...

A new study has identified the genetic underpinnings of adaptive strategies adopted by major plant lineages in a naturally harsh environment. These strategies that include the enrichment of ...

New study shows that plants evolve in under five years, but extreme heat still pushes many populations toward extinction.

Humans love to play with their food—in fact, we’ve been doing it for thousands of years. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we explore how we’ve learned to manipulate plant genetics, from ...