Plants

  1. Plants

    Plants’ ATP collector found

    Scientists identified two genes that write the code for the molecules, or receptors, that pull ATP into plant cells.

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  2. Plants

    Bladderwort opens wide

    Under a microscope, the tiny trap of a carnivorous plant becomes an impressive gaping maw.

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  3. Agriculture

    Sweet potato weevils have favorite colors

    When it comes to eradicating the sweet potato weevil, the devil is in the colorful details.

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  4. Climate

    Mangroves move up Florida’s coast

    Satellite images reveal that the tropical trees are expanding north up Florida’s Atlantic coast, taking advantage of rising winter temperatures.

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  5. Animals

    Smoker’s breath saves caterpillars’ lives

    Larvae of the tobacco hornworm caterpillar exhale nicotine, driving away predatory spiders.

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  6. Plants

    Kleptoplast

    A cellular part such as a light-harvesting chloroplast that an organism takes from algae it has eaten.

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  7. Animals

    A year of rediscovered species

    Thousands of species go extinct each year, but at least a few are found after many years of being lost.

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  8. Plants

    Lone survivor of ancient flowers is gluttonous gene consumer

    The rare Amborella shrub has engulfed whole genomes from other species.

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  9. Plants

    How weeds hitchhike across the country

    A drive down a muddy lane can be fun, but it can also pick up the seeds of weeds or invasive species and transport them far away.

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  10. Plants

    Tannosome

    A newly discovered structure where mouth-puckering compounds called tannins form inside plant cells.

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  11. Plants

    In dry times, these trees invest in ants

    The insects provide adequate defense by ganging up on leaf-eating caterpillars and biting their undersides until the herbivores fall off the tree.

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  12. Plants

    Single-sex flowers release his, hers fragrances

    Growing on the same tree, male blooms smell different from female blooms in certain tropical plant species.

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