If you’ve seen headlines of tomatoes with a spicy kick and mushrooms that won’t brown, it comes as no surprise genetic engineering is providing a means for us to reshape nature in ways that would ...

HAYWARD -- A Bay Area biotech startup is fighting climate change by genetically enhancing the ability of trees to capture and store carbon dioxide. Nearly a third of the world's land is covered in ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Roll over John Muir and tell Johnny Appleseed the news: biotechnology is coming to the forest and orchard. Scientists are planting genetically engineered trees in dozens of research ...

This sapling in Georgia’s Tattnall County is one of the first commercially planted genetically modified forest trees in the United States. Credit: Grant Blankenship, GPB News This article is part of ...

Climate change requires human and non-human communities to rise to their fullest potential in order to adapt, survive and thrive. The question of if, and how, some organisms could be helped along the ...

Living Carbon is a startup funded with $36 million that just planted a forest of genetically modified trees to absorb more carbon. Living Carbon is a San Francisco-based biotechnology company that ...

Apples rank among the world's most valuable fruit crops, with production spanning more than 100 countries. Some apple trees naturally develop into what farmers call 'spur-type' varieties -- compact ...

Optimizing tree architecture is a long-standing challenge in fruit production, as branch orientation directly affects light interception, labor requirements, and yield efficiency. This study shows ...