How do you grow a palm? The secret’s in the soil.
An investigation on a tiny island reveals that microscopic fungi can dictate the destiny of giants, opening the possibility of mycorrhizal-driven speciation.
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Not For Your Eyes: Ultraviolet Patterns in Sunflowers
When you look at a sunflower you see gold. When an insect looks at a sunflower it sees something quite different.
Brilliant Green by Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola
Do plants possess intelligence? If you’re looking for a challenging book for your non-botanist friends, then Mancuso and Viola have something to interest you.
Sexual Magnetism as an Infection – How Red Dwarf Got Close to the Truth
When the crew from Red Dwarf discovered positive viruses at a Space Corps base, they got surprisingly close to reality.
This plant sucks! (But how?)
The bladderwort has a trap faster than the blink of an eye. It uses powerful suction to snatch its prey but how can a plant can suck so much?
How diverse do you need biodiversity to be?
Intensification of agriculture has led to a decline in pollinators. One reason is the loss of key species to support bees and flies, but how diverse a mix of plants to you need to support an ecosystem?
Persecuted fruit bat may be key to Durian’s survival in Asia
The fruit bat has been persecuted due to the belief it destroyed crops of Durian. Now critically endangered, it seems that it is a key pollinator for the fruit tree.
Not all tropical plants can stand the heat brought by climate change
How will increasing temperatures affect plants where temperatures are hottest? A paper in the Journal of Ecology looks at plants around Kilimanjaro.
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