Researchers solve hundred-year-old botanical mystery that was key to the spread of plant life on land
The earliest land plants were small — just a few centimeters tall at most — and restricted to moist, boggy…
Author: Sayeda Kinza Amna
She is a senior lecturer at a leading academic institution in Pakistan with significant experience in teaching English linguistics to undergraduate students. Her future interests include pursuing a PhD and collaborating with academia and industry in R&D projects.
Flowers show their true colors: A common flower with a unique bidirectional color-changing ability
A plant common to Japan, Causonis japonica, is the first to show a newly discovered trait. Its flowers can change…
Rising global temperatures point to widespread drought
More frequent and longer-lasting droughts caused by rising global temperatures pose significant risks to people and ecosystems around the world…
‘Plant blindness’ is caused by urban life and could be cured through wild food foraging
“Plant blindness” is caused by a lack of exposure to nature and could be cured by close contact through activities…
Butterflies: 195 ways to help California’s painted ladies
By documenting hundreds of new nectar plants for painted ladies, scientists have renewed hope these charismatic butterflies may prove resilient…
Resolving the evolutionary history of the closest algal relatives of land plants
An international team of scientists led jointly by the Universities of Göttingen and Cologne has deciphered the evolutionary history of…
Biologists unveil clues to evolutionary origins of brown-colored algae for health, biofuels research
Think of algae, and you might think of the brilliant green strands waving in a stream or the blue-green blooms…
iNaturalist app users play a significant role in helping researchers create global maps of plant traits
Missing knowledge in the global distribution of plant traits could be filled with data from species identification apps. Researchers from…
Trees get overheated in a warmer rainforest
The ability of rainforests to store carbon can decrease in pace with climate change. This is due to photosynthesis rates…
Zapped survivors: Some tropical trees won’t be defeated by lightning
Sheltering under a tall tree during a thunderstorm is not a great idea, given that lightning often strikes the tallest…