A multi-year megadrought in the Western U.S. has claimed untold populations of wild plants. Amid the conditions, some have survived. Scientists have produced a stunningly complete picture about how ...

When the worst drought on record struck parts of the US West Coast and Mexico, many plants didn’t make it. But against the ...

A potted scarlet monkeyflower would die within a few days without water. But multiple natural populations of the species ...

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Wild scarlet monkeyflowers in California survived a historic drought by relying on a rapid evolution, marking the first time the process has been observed in the wild.

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