Getting out in the sun can lead to better sex
What could make sex better for a plant? When it brings in new genes from other plants. And this is what happens when faba beans get heat stress.
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Why did trees start growing up? (or did they just start growing down?)
Today trees reach for the light. However, a recent article says that back in the Devonian period, plants played by different rules.
A bookmarklet for looking up species in the Encyclopaedia of Life
Want to look up species in the Encyclopaedia of Life a little faster? We have a tool for that.
In an oft-overlooked part of Brazil, botanists have found something bizarre growing
In the Pantanal it’s possible that botanists have found a plant that taking it’s first steps – upwards.
Twitter versus Facebook: December 2016
We had a surprising number of well-shared posts in December, and there was no obvious topic that caught your eye, apart from Botany of course.
Twitter versus Facebook: November 2016
November showed how social media isn’t just about pretty pictures. Sometimes pretty pictures are popular, but for our audience, they need to be backed by science.
Twitter versus Facebook: October 2016
October was a mixed month. We lost a botanist in terrible circumstances. There was some hope though.
Twitter versus Facebook: September 2016
In September you liked flowers. You liked them fast and you liked them colourful.
Twitter versus Facebook: August 2016
In August you had a daring sense of style, both with images and the moves and rhymes to go with them.
Twitter versus Facebook: July 2016
Our Twitter and Facebook audiences don’t always agree on what they find interesting, but they both agreed that there was a problem in July.
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