Close Encounters
Planting more trees with nectar-secreting structures not only offers a greener strategy for reforestation and carbon capture, but also enhances the health of neighbouring trees by attracting ant defenders
Ecosystems
An investigation into urban meadows illuminates their importance in harbouring diverse pollinator communities, underscoring the need to maintain and improve these green spaces for the health of our urban ecosystems.
Close Encounters
Improving pollination could also improve your grocery shopping.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Plants have an amazing ability to remember and adapt to different environments, which helps them survive and grow better, and scientists are using different scientific approaches to understand how this works, unlocking the secrets of nature.
Close Encounters
A Hungarian study finds that plant seeds can benefit when their original carrier gets eaten by an owl.
Computational Models
The ‘virtual leaf’ that simulates leaf physiology in 3D, promises breakthroughs in understanding plant responses to environmental changes and boosting our agricultural strategies.
Plants & People
Results-based agri-environmental payment schemes (RBAPSs) successfully boost plant diversity, nurture pollinator interactions, and fortify ecological stability in a new Irish study.
Plants & People
To celebrate the pride month, Botany One had a conversation with Sixto-Juan Zavala, founder of Queer Botany – an initiative aimed at connecting young members of the LGBTQ+ community with the plant world through botanical drawing, storytelling and walking in nature.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Brighter light and a bit of sugar could be the formula for keeping your roses fresh for longer, as per new scientific findings.
Computational Models
Are you using callipers and microscopes to measure seeds? Well, not anymore! Traitor comes to the rescue of seed scientists and technicians.
Close Encounters
Who knew herbivores could play favourites, subtly pushing for a plant world dominated by smaller species?
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Innovative biosensor technology has shed light on how plants react to low humidity, revealing that the leaves signal the roots to grow and find water.