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PULLMAN, Wash. – Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a Washington State University-led study has found. In a set of experiments, individual plant ...

A Washington State University study found that plants have feelings and can distinguish when touch starts and stops. “Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets ...

A 30-year-old genetic mystery has been solved. It has previously been established that touch can trigger stress reactions in plants. However, the molecular models for explaining this process have been ...

Sensitive plants (Mimosa pudica) quickly fold their many leaflets when touched, burned, or wounded. But the mechanism behind how these plants swiftly turn demure—and why—isn’t clear. New research ...

Do you have a black thumb? What’s that — you’ve never heard of a black thumb? It’s the opposite of having a green thumb. Snake plant, syngonium ivy and pothos ivy are commonly grown as houseplants.