In the 2008 film ‘The Happening’, plants turned against humans in an eerie twist of nature, releasing invisible neurotoxins that drove people to their deaths. It was pure sci-fi horror, but the idea ...

Tobacco plants have been engineered to manufacture an alluring perfume of insect sex pheromones, which could be used to confuse would-be pests looking for love and reduce the need for harmful ...

A natural alternative to pesticides may be hiding in a misunderstood plant compound—but it could come at an environmental cost. For years, scientists knew little about isoprene, a natural chemical ...