What they eat: Plants use sunlight for photosynthesis, which produces sugars that fuel them. Plants are an incredibly diverse group of organisms, ranging from tiny algae to majestic redwood trees.

It is only then that the plant grains reveal a mysterious substance locked inside them: sugar. As starch gets liberated from the grains, it spills into the water and turns it foamy, whitish.

When these crucial pollinating species visit flowers and other plants, they produce a number of characteristic sounds, such ...

Enhancing individual plants’ sugar signalling ability could deliver increased wheat yields of up to 12 per cent.

In a new study published today in the journal Nature Food, the study team reprogrammed plants' sugar-making machinery to produce a diverse array of these human milk sugars, also called human milk ...