Is an organism a sum of its parts, or should they be considered as a whole? New research on ferns shows how the way scientists understand evolution affects how they study life.

Ahead of the annual Root 100 awards, we're taking a look at the life of The Root's founder, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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An enigmatic group of fossil organisms has finally been identified—and is changing the story of how plants took root on land ...

It was 2006 and Ismail Ebrahim, a botanist with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), was worried. While ...

Root 100 Honoree Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has given some our favorite celebrities some amazing information about their pasts on the hit PBS series. As we watch Vice President Kamala Harris defend her ...

The focus is on the query: what multiplies to 10 and adds to 7.

This tiny plant performs real arithmetic in the dark. Here’s how it uses its calculations not only to survive, but to time ...