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 6 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 1 year ago

Plants facing stressful conditions like drought produce their own aspirin-like chemical, US researchers say. picked by kissmenow 3 weeks ago

Pervy Plants, Flirty Flora, and Ribald Redwoods! Oh My! I don't know, for some reason I get out in nature and feel like making love ... picked by misswinkle 1 year 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 3 months ago

What color will alien plants be? The question matters scientifically because the surface color of a planet can reveal whether anything lives there—specifically, whether organisms collect energy from the parent star by the process of photosynthesis. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Two plants that were thought to have been extinct since the late 1800s have been rediscovered in far northern Australia, according to an official report released on Saturday.

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NASA scientists believe they have found a way to predict the color of plants on planets in other solar systems. picked by Neiako 2 years ago

Scientists have figured out a way to trick plants into doing the dirty work of environmental cleanup. Researchers at the University of Washington have genetically altered poplar trees to pull toxins out of contaminated ground water, offering a cost-effective way of cleaning up environmental pollutants. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months 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 1 year 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 5 months ago

A new process may allow plants to become the root of chemicals, plastics and fuels rather than oil. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

Some people with locked-in-syndrome can communicate by blinking or moving their eyes. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

US researchers say they have developed an effective way to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride in the ballast waters of cargo vessels. picked by Bornbad 5 months ago

A protein acting as a long-distance signal from leaf to shoot-tip tells plants when to flower, says new research published in Science Express. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

This Article explains how to decorate your interiors with exquisite topiary plants. picked by submitedge 1 year ago

Britain's "Noah's Ark" for plants just reached its 1 billionth seed. By 2010, they'll have 10% of the world's plants categorized. They hope to have 25% by 2020... that's a LOT of plants! picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct. The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants. picked by maxriter 2 months ago

Wow, these plants make a venus fly trap seem normal.
These things move on their own!
Mother Nature at her finest! picked by LatueOfStiberty 2 years ago

The Big Mac combination may be an insidious caloric bomb loaded with starches and oils, but a new research of the plants that people around the world eat has found it, if you can believe this, as a symbol of a varied diet brought by globalization! picked by maxriter 8 months ago