The findings not only open the door for scientists looking to create prickle-free variants but also provide insight into the ...

Thorns, mistakenly referred to as "thorns" for roses, have appeared in various plant varieties over hundreds of millions of ...

A new study has found how a rose and other plants like a tomato and eggplant came to get their prickles. The discovery could help engineer new thorn-free variants.

The “prickles,” as botanists call them, evolved in roses and other plants thanks to a single gene, a new study found. ... There is no rose without thorns, the old saying goes.