Plants are being used to help solve crimes. The pollen and seed s they can leave behind can often become key pieces of evidence. But, how does this all work? While plants aren’t able to testify in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Evidence from plants and fungi can be found literally ...

Moss is ancient. It evolved some 470 million years ago, long before the first dinosaur hatched. It is so rudimentary that it lacks both flowers and roots, yet it is an expert at survival. Now, that ...

Dedication -- Foreword / Bruce Budowle -- Acknowledgements -- The editor -- Contributors -- Chap. 1. Introduction to forensic botany / Heather Miller Coyle -- Chap. 2. Basic plant biology / Heather ...

Plant materials have been used to solve crimes on television shows, in books and in real life. The use of plant materials in solving crimes is called forensic botany. Plant materials utilized in ...

There is a new tool in the ongoing war on drugs and it comes from a forensic scientist at the University of New Haven. Heather Miller Coyle, an associate professor in the Henry C. Lee College of ...