Ugly dog owners, your time has come. Register for the World's Ugliest Dog competition here.

Or just stare at the ugly dogs, repulsed but somehow unable to look away. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Ever hear of a carnivorous plant? What about a plant that smells like rotting meat when it blooms? It may sound like something out of a horror movie or science fiction novel but these plants really exist. Here is a list of the World's Strangest Plants: picked by eranjack 1 year ago

A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner.

The winner of the World's Ugliest Dog contest, that is. picked by kakana 5 months ago

Plants soak up an incredible amount of sunlight, absorbing 95% of its energy. Amazingly they do this with very little loss of sunlight as heat because they manage to convert the light into carbohydrates in one million billionths of a second. How plants manage this feat has been a mystery. A possible answer has now been found and it opens up new mysteries. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

World's ugliest dog passes away... picked by suebe 1 year ago

With gothic glee, Amy Stewart takes us through plants that tighten throats, paralyze nerves, induce hallucinations or seizures, and stop the heart.
"I wanted this book, Wicked Plants – The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities to be creepy enough to appeal to people who like murder mysteries," Stewart says picked by Bingo 5 months ago

The Botanicalls project is fundamentally about communication between plants and people. We are empowering both by inventing new avenues of interaction. Plants that might otherwise be neglected are given the ability to call and text message people to request assistance. People who are unsure of their ability to effectively care for growing things are given visual and aural clues using common human ... read full post picked by bingo 12 months ago

U.S. scientists have found tropical plants might be more adaptable than thought to changing rainfall patterns accompanying global warming. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean and aboveground herbivorous insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones. Subterranean insects issue chemical warning signals via the leaves of the plant. This way, aboveground insects are alerted that the plant is already ”˜occupied’. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Michigan State University plant scientists have discovered another piece of the genetic puzzle that controls how plants respond to high temperatures. That may allow plant breeders to create new varieties of crops that flourish in warmer, drier climates. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Plants make actual voice calls to owners to inform them of its needs. Owners can in turn call their plants to find out more about them. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

If you wanted to visit the world's largest fish tank, you'd have to go to Okinawa, Japan, home of the "Kuroshio Sea," otherwise known as the Churaumi Aquarium. picked by punthe 1 year ago

In an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics — two fundamental yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics — a team from the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy has created the world's smallest incandescent lamp. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Beginning this crop season, farmers will be able to receive text messages on their cell phones from their plants saying whether they are thirsty or not. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

On June 20 Guinness World Records had announced that Mr Allingham, who celebrated his 113th birthday on June 6, became the world's oldest man after the previous incumbent, Tomoji Tanabe, died in his sleep at his home in Japan, also at the age of 113. picked by kakana 4 months ago

A new process may allow plants to become the root of chemicals, plastics and fuels rather than oil. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

Plants allow parts of themselves to die off in a bid to save themselves from complete destruction, Austrian scientists claim to have discovered. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Plants facing stressful conditions like drought produce their own aspirin-like chemical, US researchers say. picked by kissmenow 1 year ago

Ew. picked by JoshSF49 12 months ago

If you've got little to do this weekend and are interested in incredible tedium, then you could always download what its maker claims is the world's longest mobile phone ringtone. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago