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08-23-2019

What’s So Special About the Lily Flower?

What do you know about the lily flower? You may...

08-21-2019

15 Healing Herbs You Can Grow At Home

Plants have been on the planet for just under 500...

08-17-2019

Common Types of Backyard Mushrooms

Backyards are quite lovely. They can be so many different...

08-14-2019

Why Do People Love the Rose Flower

The rose flower: poets write of it, lovers smell bouquets,...

08-09-2019

How to Be Smart While Foraging for Food

Foraging is a fun way to gather your own food...

08-07-2019

What Is Subsistence Farming?

Subsistence farming, or subsistence agriculture, is when a farmer grows...

08-03-2019

Most Popular Edible Flowers (And How to Eat Them)

Imagine, 75% of the calories consumed by humans come from...

07-31-2019

How To Start Mushroom Farming

Mushrooms are an endlessly fascinating organism on planet earth. Defined...

07-27-2019

Hawaiian Flower Identification for Beginners

Hawaii is a fascinating place for all kinds of biology....

Over millions of years, plants and animals have evolved complex immune systems to protect from disease-causing pathogens.

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08-23-2019

Scientists pinpoint a crucial new aspect of plant immune response

Over millions of years, plants and animals have evolved complex immune systems to protect from...

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An international team of researchers is reporting that plants are vanishing at a shocking rate across three biodiversity hotspots in South Africa.

08-22-2019 Plants

Plants are vanishing from biodiversity hotspots at a shocking rate

An international team of researchers led by Stellenbosch University is...

This catalog represents a major step forward in understanding plant biology and has important implications for the improved management of dangerous crop diseases.

08-22-2019 Plants

Inventory of plant defense tools is a major step toward disease-resistant crops

An international team of researchers has taken an inventory of...

A team of scientists has developed a new method which may ultimately make it easier to immunize plants for protection against viruses.

08-21-2019 Plants

A new method for protecting plants from viral infections

A team of scientists led by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg...

By the time that symptoms of the lethal bacterial infection appear, it is too late to save crops from the lethal damage of citrus greening.

08-19-2019 Plants

Scientists are one step closer to developing treatments for citrus greening

For decades, Professor Sharon Long has studied the symbiotic relationships...

According to a new study, land vegetation has become much less productive over the past two decades due to a lack of water in the atmosphere.

08-19-2019 Environment

A lack of moisture in the air will intensify the effects of climate change

According to a new study from Peking University, land vegetation...

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Dr. Maria Ermakova holds a Setaria plant that has been transformed to boost photosynthesis. Triggering production of a specific protein can increase the process plants use to create their own food. (Image credit: Natalia Bateman, ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis)

08-18-2019 Plants

Researchers discover how to boost photosynthesis

An international team of researchers based in Australia have struck...

Colombia has declared a national emergency after a destructive fungus was found in the soil that could ultimately wipe out most large banana farms, leading to major shortages.

08-16-2019 Plants

The world’s most popular banana is now at risk of disappearing

Colombia has declared a national emergency after a destructive fungus...

Researchers from the University of Bristol have found that taking advantage of a plant’s circadian rhythm could help reduce the amount of herbicide needed for spraying crops.

08-16-2019 Plants

A plant’s biological clock could set the time for crop spraying

Like humans, plants run on an internal clock that helps...

Researchers at the University of York have discovered that climate change is disrupting local plant diversity.

08-15-2019 Plants

Local plant diversity has been disrupted by climate change, research shows

Researchers at the University of York have discovered that climate...

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A whimpering dog has the same effect on pet owners as the sound of a crying baby, according to a new study.

08-25-2019 Animals

To humans, a whimpering puppy sounds just as sad as a crying baby

The whimpers, whines, meows, and cries of our furry, four-legged...

In a new discovery, paleontologists have identified a new species of stegosaurus, and it’s the oldest of its kind ever found.

08-24-2019 Animals

Stegosaurus fossil may be the oldest ever discovered

Stegosaurus is one of those iconic dinosaurs, following in the...

A new study comparing 2,062 birds completed by biologists at Washington University shows that birds tend to have larger or smaller brains relative to their body size.

08-23-2019 Animals

Bird species either have big guts or big brains

A new study comparing 2,062 birds completed by biologists at...

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