How do plants perceive the world?
Plants perceive the world without eyes, ears or brains. Understanding how can teach us a lot about them, and potentially a lot about us as […]
How do plants perceive the world?
Plants perceive the world without eyes, ears or brains. Understanding how can teach us a lot about them, and potentially a lot about us as […]
Plant-Based Is Not the Same as Vegetarianism
Referring to heart disease, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD asks, “Why is there reticence to provide the public with guidelines that will spare them this […]
Kentucky State Parks Plan Count of Animals, Plants
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Parks across Kentucky are inviting children to learn about biology and participate in a scientific count of living organisms. A statement […]
What is ethnobotany?
Botany is the study of plants—from the tiniest fern or blade of grass to the tallest or oldest tree. Botany includes all the wild plants […]
Plants share defensive proteins in evolutionary pick ‘n’ mix
The recent research, led by the Krasileva Group of Earlham Institute and The Sainsbury Laboratory, used phylogenetics (the study of how DNA sequences are related) […]
The Power of Photosynthesis
Plants are all around us. It is easy to become accustomed to their presence. But, imagine a world without lush green grasses and trees – […]