Heavy Metal aids a plant invasion
New research shows how an invasive plant in China is using copper and lead pollution to oust its native neighbours.
New research shows how an invasive plant in China is using copper and lead pollution to oust its native neighbours.
Individual trees carry their own chemical signatures and they may be rewriting the rules of how ecosystems work.
Recent research using Chinese plants reveals why some flowers have giant petals while others barely show theirs.
Botanists are hearing an alarm call alerting the world to habitat loss in Colombia, but it’s not a noise that they hear, it’s silence caused by vanishing bird calls marking lost ecosystems.
After decades of sparse evidence, a recent study has brought new insights into the seed dispersal strategy of a peculiar African wild melon whose fruits grow hidden beneath the soil.
The brief Arctic summer is getting briefer. Research using herbaria shows that flowering times are shifting. Not all plants are responding the same way & that’s a problem.
From bat visits at dusk to hummingbird sips at dawn, this plant’s clever pollination strategy reveals the power of flexibility in nature.
Scientists analysing 2,000 herbarium specimens discovered jewelflowers survive new climates not by evolving, but by engineering their own familiar microenvironments
Researchers discovered that tiny temperature differences within single farm fields can be more important than entire landscapes for bee foraging success.
Have you ever wondered what’s inside a flower? It might look delicate and simple, but inside, they are busy running a secret operation.
Las Vegas trees create 17°C shade oases but can't cool city air like temperate climates due to desert adaptations that limit transpiration.
As seasons get more extreme in the Amazon, weather patterns will shift across South America, threatening both indigenous communities and economic stability.
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