IAS is an acronym that is popping up more regularly and is in the news at present both nationally and internationally.

Earth plants could thrive under the light of an alien sun, according to a recent experiment. A team of astrobiologists planted garden cress seeds and cultured dishes of photosynthetic bacteria under ...

A plant that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Utah is like nothing that lives on planet Earth today. The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of ...

The invasive water hyacinth has taken over a communal pond in a small village in northern India. All other plants have been pushed out. Invasive species are reshaping ecosystems and local people’s ...