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What do you think of when you think of plants?

We think of sea-level rise as a long-term threat, but sometimes the change is catastrophically quick, and it’s the recovery that is long-term.

The debate on naming continues. What makes a name scientific?

For people more interested in LOLCatkins instead of LOLCats.

For International Women’s Day 2017, we asked plant biologist Dr Zoë Popper [http://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/natural-sciences/zoepopper/] to write about a typical day in her working life. Here, she reflects on the importance of diversity in her job.

For International Women’s Day, we are celebrating the work and achievements of Professor Winifred Pennington FRS. You can download a free poster of her life at the end of this article.

Utricularia vulgaris isn’t a slimming aid as such. It’s just hard for a fish to grow when someone else has eaten all the fleas.

If an invasive species is a problem, isn’t the answer simply to remove it? A new review by Wardle and Peltzer shows it’s a bit more complicated than that.