The Week in Botany August 10, 2026
Lemurs, people-pleasing flowers, interactions between plants and pollinators, an interview with Larissa Verona and more.
Sarah Covshoff
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Sarah is a plant molecular biologist passionate about communicating the science of the natural world to lay people and experts alike. She previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow on C4 photosynthesis and now focuses on science communication.
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Navigating a Salty World: Environmental Conditions Drive Salinity Tolerance in Plants
Plants have evolved the ability to germinate in salty soils multiple times, in a case of convergent evolution
Nesiota elliptica
The Saint Helena olive went extinct in 2003 due to human activity.
Paleo Week: Research Biases Affect the Bryophyte Fossil Record
Country level economic development and the number of grant-funded bryophyte researchers are major factors affecting fossil discovery
Paleo Week: Shining a Light on Nightshade Evolution
Solanaceae species diversification began in the Late Cretaceous -- when dinosaurs ruled the Earth
Paleo Week: Northern Canada was Once a Subtropical Paradise
Fossils of Eocene palm trees near the Arctic Circle reveal a heated past
Paleo Week: Getting to the Root of Roots
Fossils anchor root evolution to the tree of life
The Week in Botany July 13, 2026
This week: We introduce Paleo Week and recap how a plant long thought to be extinct was recently rediscovered in the wild
Paleo Week: Ancient Secrets of the Fibonacci Spiral
Longer cones and a clockwise spiral lead to tighter seed packing in a Jurassic conifer
The Week in Botany June 22, 2026
This week: The human connection to digital botany and what we know about the plants closest to extinction.
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