Nurturing plants with caresses

Evidence suggests plants have a nervous system that enables them to respond to touch.

Chemical battles

Too many orchid-seekers

Male flowers enhance pollination

Plants normally have only bisexual flowers. Some species, however, also produce male flowers to make the dispersal of pollen more efficient.

Searing thirst

Do not water your plants under a fiercely glaring sun

Memoirs of a plant

Plants remember their past. Dehydrate them to find out

Species census

Total number of known species on Earth are rising. A report by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University, US,…

A drop of wood alcohal helps to perk up plants

Plants grow taller and faster if sprayed with a solution of methanol, claims an American farmer

Much-maligned bats need more protection

Scientists insist bats are a muck-maligned bats mammal that in fact plays a crucial role in the propagation of several plant species

Bees before blossoms

A new finding suggests that bees may have been around about 100 million years before flowering plants appeared

Natural anti-freeze

Small is big

In short

Once upon a time

Hedges are disappearing. Where do the birds, insects rest?

Who winds body clock?

Scientists discover protein that helps plants, animals mark time

Plant non-grata

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At the mercy of chromosomes

Sets of it decide whether a plant will dominate or vanish

Ask the villager before the researcher

Nigerian pastoralists have been found to be a storehouse of valuable information on the value of plants.

Cultured to propagate

Tissue culture helps scientists protect endangered flora

Damnation abounds

Warm and uncomfortable

Altered habitats caused by increasing temperatures are threatening penguins in Antarctica

Lost wonder

The world has lost one-third of its natural wealth in 25 years, says a WWF report

Island of treasure

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