Plants

  1. Life

    DNA doubled in conifer ancestors

    The genomes of conifers — pine, cypress and yew trees — doubled twice in the distant past.

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  2. Plants

    Conifer ancestors had a double dose of DNA

    The genomes of conifers — pine, cypress and yew trees — doubled twice in the distant past.

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  3. Plants

    Roses rigged with electrical circuitry

    Bioelectric molecules can form wires and conduct electricity in cut roses, researchers find.

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  4. Life

    Many Amazon trees endangered

    Large numbers of Amazon tree species are threatened by deforestation.

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  5. Plants

    Genetic battle of the sexes plays out in cukes and melons

    Genetics reveals new approach to preventing inbred seeds and encouraging more fruitful crops.

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  6. Plants

    Ancient gardeners saved the gourd

    Domestication might have helped early vine plants like pumpkin survive after seed-dispersing megafauna went extinct.

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  7. Plants

    Ancient gardeners saved the gourd

    Domestication might have helped early vine plants like pumpkin survive after seed-dispersing megafauna went extinct.

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  8. Plants

    Marsh grass masquerades as a native species

    The abundant cordgrass found in South American marshes may actually have invaded the region more than two centuries ago, a new study concludes.

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  9. Climate

    Climate change could shift New England’s fall foliage

    Climate change could make for earlier or later fall color, depending on where you live in New England.

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  10. Animals

    Bees get hooked on flowers’ caffeine buzz

    Flowers drug honey bees with caffeinated nectar to trick them into returning, causing the bees to shift their foraging and dancing behaviors.

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  11. Plants

    Early cyanobacteria fossils dug up in 1965

    In 1965, early photosynthetic plant fossils were discovered. The date of earliest oxygen-producing life forms has since been pushed much earlier.

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  12. Animals

    Root fungi make or break monarchs’ chances against parasite

    Fungi that live amid the roots of milkweed plants change the chemicals produced in the plant’s leaves, which can either aid or hinder a monarch butterfly’s ability to fight off parasites.

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