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 7 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 2 years 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

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 2 months ago

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

Plants chatter amongst themselves to spread information, a lot like humans and other animals, new research suggests. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

"Theoretically you could raise a plant entirely on human blood . . . " picked by Bornbad 3 months 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 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 7 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

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 8 months 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 2 years 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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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

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 2 years ago

Inside Worlds First Plant Intelligence Lab. picked by Inc0m 1 year ago

This Article explains how to decorate your interiors with exquisite topiary plants. picked by submitedge 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 10 months ago

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Wednesday announced the discovery of 11 new animal and plant species in a remote area of central Vietnam. Scientists have found a snake, five orchids, two butterflies and three other plants new to science and exclusive to the Annamites Mountain Range. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago