Science Shared
Science Shared: August 8
This week: Difference in Monkeyflowers, Strange Harmonics in Bees and more
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
Celebrating International Cats
Cells, Genes & Molecules
When the Fragrance of Flowers Changes: How Global Warming Can Affect Communication Between Plants and Pollinators
Global warming could interfere with the scents that guide pollinators to flowers, threatening ecological interactions long before species disappear.
Ecosystems
Ancient Tropical Mountaintop Plants Bet Big to Attract Pollinators
By tracking 13 species in mountain grasslands, researchers reveal how ancient Vellozia plants synchronise blooms and rely on pollinators to produce viable seeds.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Larissa Verona: Where Water, Plants and Carbon Meet
Botany One interviews Larissa Verona, an ecosystem ecologist exploring how Cerrado wetlands connect vegetation, water and the global carbon cycle.
Ecosystems
Flowers That Please People May Also Please Pollinators
A study reveals that the flowers humans love may also be the favourites of bumblebees, but not of thrips.
Ecosystems
Why Do Lemurs Always Return to the Same Tree?
A new study in Madagascar's Ranomafana National Park reveals that seventy percent of individual trees receive only a single visit from lemurs over a year and a half.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany August 3, 2026
Photosynthesis hidden in hornworts, who works to sustain the Amazon rainforest and why plants aren't passive.
Plant of the Week
Nelumbo nucifera
A flower that holds itself at blood heat on a cold day, and seeds that can wait a thousand years for the right one.
Science Shared
Science Shared: August 1
This week: Farming to protect the climate, and other stories.
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
This could go one of two ways
Cells, Genes & Molecules
A Hidden Secret in the Only Terrestrial Plants With Pyrenoids May Inspire the Photosynthesis of Future Crop Plants
Hornworts have evolved their own version of a carbon-concentrating mechanism, offering a surprising model for improving the photosynthetic efficiency of future crops.