A few weeks ago, I took the students in my introductory biology class on a field trip around the Mount Holyoke campus. As we approached the lake, I stopped and asked the students if they saw any new ...

Ms Armit: The leaf is a major organ in plants in which photosynthesis occurs. Without photosynthesis, there'd be very little life on Earth, because when plants photosynthesise, they take in carbon ...

Scientists have discovered how plants create networks of air channels – the lungs of the leaf – to transport carbon dioxide to their cells. Experts led by the Institute for Sustainable Food at the ...