Plants

  1. Plants

    Plants might remember with prions

    A plant protein has passed lab tests for prionlike powers as molecular memory.

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  2. Plants

    Prions may help plants remember

    A plant protein has passed lab tests for prionlike powers as molecular memory.

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  3. Plants

    New species of tumbleweed is just as bad as its parents

    Two species of invasive tumbleweeds hybridized into a third. A new study finds it probably will be invasive, too.

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  4. Microbes

    Diverse yeasts make their home on coffee and cacao beans

    Yeasts in coffee and cacao are shaped by geography and human migration, genetic analysis finds.

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  5. Ecosystems

    Australian fairy circles first to be found outside Africa

    Strange patterns of grassland bald spots called fairy circles show up in Western Australia.

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  6. Plants

    How to keep seagrasses as happy as a clam

    Drought can do more damage to seagrass meadows if their partnership with clams break down.

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  7. Climate

    Earlier blooming intensifies spring heat waves in Europe

    The early arrival of spring plants due to climate change amplifies springtime heat waves in Europe, new climate simulations suggest.

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  8. Climate

    Forest management not so hot at fighting warming

    Forest management practices in Europe have slightly worsened climate change, new research shows.

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  9. Plants

    To catch a meal, a Venus flytrap counts to five

    It takes two taps to trigger a Venus flytrap to close. Another three, a new study finds, are needed to turn on genes for producing enzymes.

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  10. Animals

    Alien species fly on the wings of ducks and other waterbirds

    Ducks, geese and other waterbirds can transport nonnative species and help alien invaders establish themselves.

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  11. Plants

    Single gene influences a petunia’s primary pollinator

    Mutations on a single gene determine how much ultraviolet light a petunia flower absorbs, and in turn, which animal pollinates the flower.

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  12. Plants

    Pretty flower uses dead arthropods to lure protectors

    A sticky columbine from California lures arthropods to their death to lure protectors to the plant, a new study suggests.

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