New scanning technology gives scientists an extraordinary view inside the cells of what may be 1.6 billion-year-old red algae, the oldest plant-like fossils ever found.

Is this the oldest plant on Earth? Discovery of 1.6 BILLION-year-old algae pushes evolution of complex life back 400 million years. Two fossils of red algae were found preserved in rocks in ...

Grafting Rhodobacter sphaeroides with red algae Rubisco to accelerate catalysis and plant growth. Nat Plants. 2023;9(6):978-986. doi: 10.1038/s41477-023-01436-7. This article has been republished from ...

A Cornell researcher and her colleagues have solved one key piece of the molecular puzzle needed to dramatically improve plant productivity and increase carbon sequestration: They have successfully ...

It was long thought that animals only pollinated plants on land. However, in 2016 scientists discovered that zooplankton pollinate Thalassia testudinum, a sea grass species found in the Caribbean.

An isopod crustacean (Idotea balthica) climbs along a stalk of red algae (Gracilaria gracilis).The organisms’ relationship is strikingly similar to that of a bee and flowering plant, a new study ...

Sea creatures pollinate marine plants and algae, ... “If there’s too much [biofilm] growth, the red algae start to die,” Lavaut says—and the isopods help keep it clean.